Prevalence and outcomes of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn in a neonatal unit, Mankweng Hospital, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Autor:	Kenny Hamese, S T Ntuli, M Nchabeleng
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Obstetrics medicine.medical_treatment Mortality rate Gestational age medicine.disease Meconium Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Meconium aspiration syndrome Etiology Medicine Caesarean section Apgar score Risk factor business
Zdroj:	South African Journal of Child Health. 15:103
ISSN:	1999-7671 1994-3032
Popis:	Background. Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is a condition of high pulmonary arterial pressures leading to hypoxaemia and continued shunting of blood across fetal channels as a result of failure of circulatory transition at birth. Objective. To determine the prevalence and outcomes of PPHN at Mankweng Hospital, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Methods. A retrospective descriptive review of patients’ files from January 2015 to December 2017 was conducted. PPHN was diagnosed on echocardiogram. Results. During the 3-year period of the study, a total of 6 776 neonates were admitted to the neonatal unit, of whom 0.76% ( n =52) were diagnosed with PPHN. Of these, 98% (n=51) had complete information in their medical records and were further analysed. Slightly more than half (53%) were males, 59% were delivered by caesarean section, 94% had gestational age ≥37 weeks, and 39% and 14% had Apgar scores of
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