Abstract

RUIZ TELLECHEA, Yolma et al. Study of newborns that required mechanical ventilation. Havana City, 2004. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2007, vol.6, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1729-519X.

A prospective and multicenter study was made in Havana city between January and December, 2004. Two hundred and forty-one newborns admitted to six intensive care units that required mechanical ventilation were enrolled. Only 60 babies died which represented 24,8%. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between different variable and mortality; we also wanted to evaluate the most common diseases that affected our ventilated patients. Very low birth weight was an important factor of neonatal mortality. Thirty seven neonates weighed less than 1500grams; 19 of them (51,3%) died. The great mortality was in those babies who suffered from persistent pulmonary hypertension; seventeen infants died out of 40 (42,5%) while intraventricular haemorrhage had a significant mortality; 8 of 12 (66,6%) infants with intraventricular haemorrhage grade III-IV died. We concluded that very low birth weight infants and those who suffered multiple organ dysfunctions had a significant mortality.

Keywords : mechanical ventilation; neonatal mortality; very low birth weight.

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