How should very low birthweight babies best be managed in Papua New Guinea?
- Author:
N. Brown
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Antibiotic Prophylaxis;
Birth Weight;
Cohort Studies;
Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood;
Female;
Fetal Growth Retardation - complications;
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn - therapy
- From:
Papua New Guinea medical journal
1996;39(1):12-15
- CountryPapua New Guinea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Short-term outcome in very low birthweight babies has never been closely examined in Papua New Guinea. A cohort of neonates born over a year at Port Moresby General Hospital was followed from birth to death or discharge. Intrauterine growth retardation was an important contributor to low birthweight. Simple, inexpensive care resulted in respectable survival figures. Improving antenatal surveillance will have much more impact in reducing mortality in this group in the future than trying to emulate sophisticated and costly western neonatal care.
