Mortality among very low birth weight infants after hospital discharge in a low resource setting

• Main Authors: Yaser Abdallah (Author), Flavia Namiiro (Author), Jolly Nankunda (Author), Jamiru Mugalu (Author), Yvonne Vaucher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Early discharge of very low birth weight infant (VLBW) in low resource settings is inevitable but to minimize mortality of these infants after discharge we need to identify the death attributes. Method A prospective cohort was conducted among 190 VLBW infants discharged from Mula...