Newborn care at peripheral health care facilities.

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dc.contributor.authorPaul, V Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorRamani, A Ven_US
dc.date.accessioned2000-05-08en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-30T12:12:46Z
dc.date.available2000-05-08en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-30T12:12:46Z
dc.date.issued2000-05-08en_US
dc.description.abstractPrimary health centres, sub-district hospitals (first referral units) and district hospitals constitute the backbone of the health services in the country. These facilities are expected to cater to the care of the newborn infants who are delivered there, as well as those brought from the community with sickness. This paper, based on a survey in Orissa, and studies in a district hospital in Himachal Pradesh and a sub-district hospital in Haryana, is an attempt to piece together the present status of neonatal care at these facilities. In Orissa, the district and sub-district hospitals cater to a median of 100 and 30 deliveries per month, respectively. Most of the deliveries at these facilities are conducted by the nurses and not the physicians. Neonates are generally kept in the facility only for a day. Hardly any deliveries take place at primary health centres. Cesarean deliveries are mostly confined to the district hospitals. The commonest diagnosis of neonates admitted in the district and sub-district facilities is sepsis (septicemia pneumonia, skin infections, diarrhea and meningitis). Primary health centres seldom admit a sick neonate. It is reassuring to note that the outcome of sick neonates admitted at a functional district or sub-district hospital manned by a pediatrician is highly rewarding with low mortality rates.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Pediatrics, WHO Collaborating Centre for Training & Research in Newborn Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPaul VK, Ramani AV. Newborn care at peripheral health care facilities. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2000 May; 67(5): 378-82en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/80458
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://medind.nic.in/icb/icbai.shtmlen_US
dc.subject.meshCesarean Section --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshDelivery of Health Care --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshDelivery, Obstetric --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Care Surveysen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Services Accessibilityen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshInfant Care --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshInfant, Newbornen_US
dc.subject.meshInfant, Newborn, Diseases --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshIntensive Care, Neonatalen_US
dc.subject.meshPrimary Health Careen_US
dc.titleNewborn care at peripheral health care facilities.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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