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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chioukh, Fatma Zohra
• Ben Ameur, Karim
• Monastiri, Kamel
• Kbaier, Hakima
• Blibech, Sonia
• Douagi, Mohamed
• Ben Hlel, Khaled
• Ben Hamouda, Héchmi
• Soua, Habib
• Bouraoui, Amira
• Régaieg, Ridha
• Gargouri, Abdellatif
• Ksibi, Imène
• Kacem, Samia
• Mahdhaoui, Nabiha
• Ayech, Hédia
• Sboui, Hassen

Titel

Transported neonates in Tunisia

Ist Teil von

• Tunisie Medicale, 2018-12, Vol.96 (12), p.865-868

Ort / Verlag

Tunisia

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To describe the transport of sick neonates to a tertiary care hospital and evaluate their condition at arrival and outcome. A multicenter, prospective cohort study was performed in 7 NICUs in Tunisia from 1st april to 31 July 2015.Demographic parameters, transport details and clinical features at arrival were recorded. All neonates were followed up till discharge or death. A total of 239 consecutive neonates were enrolled in the study representing 5.7% of all admitted infants. Maternal risk factors were present in 26% of neonates admitted. Sex-ratio was 1.46. Preterm infants represented 24% of transported babies. Seventeen percent of neonates had severe respiratory distress and 10% had hemodynamic troubles. Referred hospital was not informed in 24% of cases. Regarding the transport mode, 113 newborns (47.5%) were transported in ambulance accompanied by a nurse. Documentation during transfert was present in 14% of cases. Five babies expired on arrival despite resuscitation.  Rate mortality was 8.4%. Transporting neonates in developing countries is a challenge. Organized transport services in Tunisia are not always available. So, in cases of at-risk pregnancy, it is safer to transport the mother prior to delivery than to transfer the sick baby after birth.