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Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale
Published on: August 25, 2014
[Risk factors for neonatal mortality in the city of Serra, Espírito Santo]
Eliane de Fátima Almeida Lima1, Ana Inês Sousa, Rosane Harter Griep
1Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brasil. eliane_lima@superig.com.br
Abstract:
The objective was to analyze the risk factors associated with neonatal mortality in the city of Serra, ES. We studied non-concurrent cohort, using the technique of Linkage that relate the 32.275 live births with 273 neonatal deaths occurred in the period from 2001 to 2005, using data from SINASC and SIM. After adjustments in the logistic regression, factors associated with mortality were: uneducated mothers, maternal age <15 years and > 35 years old, born in a public hospital, no prenatal consultation, birth weight.
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