Abstract

Background: India is still among the high infant mortality rate countries and two third of the infant deaths occur during neonatal period. Neonatal mortality rates have reduced much less than postneonatal death. Morbidity and mortality during neonatal period are mostly due to endogenous factors and survival of the baby depends on timely referral, mode of transportation and treatment available to them.

Objectives: Objectives of this study were to describe morbidity pattern among admitted neonates, to find out the association between various biological factors and neonatal morbidity and to study various factors related to referral among outborn neonates.

Materials and Methods: The study was a hospital based crosssectional study conducted at neonatal intensive care unit of Guru Gobind Singh Government Hospital, Jamnagar among 300 admitted neonates.

Results: In the study 30.00% neonates were outborn, 88.00% were

Key words: Neonatal Morbidity; Preterm; Low Birth Weight; Intranatal Complication