Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Amanda Regina Ribeiro de; LLERENA JUNIOR, Juan Clinton  and  COSTA, Maria de Fátima dos Santos. Profile of newborn baby deaths in a Rio de Janeiro maternity hospital delivery room, 2010-2012. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2013, vol.22, n.3, pp.501-508. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742013000300015.

OBJECTIVE: to describe the main characteristics of newborn babies who died in the delivery room of a maternity hospital in Rio de Janeiro (RJ). METHOD: a descriptive case series study using secondary data. We included all live births between January 1st 2010 and January 31st 2012 that died in the delivery room. RESULTS: one hundred and six infants died in the delivery room. Most deaths occurred in newborn females (51.9%), with low birth weight (77.0%), Apgar score of less than seven at one minute (98.1%), and at five minutes (99.0%) after birth, and congenital malformations (92.5%). CONCLUSIONS: the most common features among newborn babies who died included: low birth weight, presence of asphyxia and congenital malformations.

Keywords : Infant Mortality; Delivery Rooms; Infant, Newborn; Epidemiology, Descriptive.

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