Clinical Profile of Children Ages 0-1 Month (Neonates) Presenting to the National Institute of Child Health Emergency Department in 2017 (n=16,952)
| Number of | |
|---|---|
| Clinical/Provisional Diagnosis | Patients (%) |
| Sepsis | 4,030 (23.8) |
| Low birth weight/preterm | 3,112 (18.4) |
| Respiratory distress syndrome/pneumonia | 2,578 (15.2) |
| Birth hypoxia/anoxia | 2,231 (13.2) |
| Meconium aspiration syndrome | 1,873 (11.0) |
| Neonatal jaundice | 1,558 (9.2) |
| Transient tachypnea of newborn | 613 (3.6) |
| Metabolic fits | 373 (2.2) |
| Hemolytic disease of the newborn | 122 (0.7) |
| Tracheoesophageal fistula | 111 (0.7) |
| Acute abdomen | 86 (0.5) |
| Cyanotic heart disease | 82 (0.5) |
| Necrotizing enterocolitis | 58 (0.3) |
| Suspected inborn errors of metabolism | 62 (0.4) |
| Imperforate anus | 45 (0.3) |
| Congenital diaphragmatic hernia | 18 (0.1) |