Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5696937 | Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Most neonatal deaths worldwide occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Respiratory distress is an important cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. The epidemiology of respiratory distress among term neonates who constitute the vast majority of births is under reported. The scarcely available data from LMICs suggest an incidence of 1.2% to 7.2% among term live births and greater morbidity compared to that in high-income countries. Pneumonia and meconium aspiration syndrome are the predominant causes among outborn neonates, but next only to transient tachypnea among inborn neonates. Community management of neonatal sepsis/pneumonia using simplified antibiotic regimens when referral is not feasible, implementation of non-invasive ventilation, and innovative low-cost technologies to deliver respiratory therapy are important advances that have taken place in these settings. There is an urgent need to generate data on respiratory morbidities among term neonates so that the limited resources in these settings can be allocated judiciously.
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Authors
Sindhu Sivanandan, Ramesh Agarwal, Amanpreet Sethi,