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Newborn Care
Newborn Care
Under
five deaths
Neonatal deaths
38% 16%
World Nepal
Source:
PFC 2007 & SRS
Major causes of U5 mortality
Neonatal
45% Measles Others, 6
4% Diarrhoea, 2
Malaria
1%
Neonatal
Others
8% Tetanus, 4
injuries
2% Congenital
HIV/AIDS anomaly, 4
1% Sepsis, 36
Pneum onia
Diarrhoea
19%
20% Small/Very
Small at birth,
21
Asphyxia, 23
Week 1 73.3%
Day U5
Day1 39.5% Child
deaths
2 6.7% Asphyxia
3 10.2% Prematurity
1st day
4 5.6% 20%
5 5.6%
By 3rd
day
25%
6 2.7%
7 3.0%
By 7th
Tetanus
Sepsis / day
37%
pneumonia
Week 2 13.8%
By 28th
Week 3 8.7% day
50%
Week 4 4.2%
No Labored
30 sec Gasping/Apnea or HR<100 breathing/Cyanosis Evluation
Yes
Yes
Insure open airway, O2,
Initiate PPV Monitoring, Consider B
60 sec using air/O2 shifting to SCNU
Initiate PPV
using air/O2
Yes
Look for Chest Rise; if Not Yes Observational
PPV <1 min
• Reduce leaks care
• Ensure open airway
• Consider increasing pressure
No
C
If HR not detectable or <60bpm
Give Adrenaline
Where do babies go from delivery
room?
A) Refer if:
• Birth weight <1500 gms, <34 weeks
• Major congenital malformation
• Severe birth injury
• Respiratory distress
• PPV >1 minutes or needing chest
compression or drugs
B) Observational care: