Postnatal Outcomes and Risk Factors for In-Hospital Mortality among Asphyxiated Newborns in a Low-Resource Hospital Setting: Experience from North-Central Nigeria

• Main Authors: Taofik Oluwaseun Ogunkunle (Author), Halim Odiachi (Author), Jerry Rueben Chuma (Author), Surajudeen Oyeleke Bello (Author), Abdulazeez Imam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Birth asphyxia accounts for a third of global newborn deaths and 95 percent of these occur in low-resource settings. A key to reducing asphyxia-related deaths in these settings is improving care of these newborns and this requires an understanding of factors associated with adverse outco...