Burden of disease and risk factors for mortality amongst hospitalized newborns in Nigeria and Kenya.

Burden of disease and risk factors for mortality amongst hospitalized newborns in Nigeria and Kenya.

<h4>Objective</h4>To describe the patient population, priority diseases and outcomes in newborns admitted <48 hours old to neonatal units in both Kenya and Nigeria.<h4>Study design</h4>In a network of seven secondary and tertiary level neonatal units in Nigeria and Kenya,...

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Main Authors: Helen M Nabwera, Dingmei Wang, Olukemi O Tongo, Pauline E A Andang'o, Isa Abdulkadir, Chinyere V Ezeaka, Beatrice N Ezenwa, Iretiola B Fajolu, Zainab O Imam, Martha K Mwangome, Dominic D Umoru, Abimbola E Akindolire, Walter Otieno, Grace M Nalwa, Alison W Talbert, Ismaela Abubakar, Nicholas D Embleton, Stephen J Allen, Neonatal Nutrition Network (NeoNuNet)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244109

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