Research Article
Time to Death and Its Predictors among Neonates Hospitalized with Sepsis in Eastern Ethiopia
Table 1
Neonatal-related characteristics of neonates admitted with neonatal sepsis in selected public referral hospitals in Eastern Ethiopia, 2022 (
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| Variables | Category | Status of the neonate | Death | Censored |
| Neonatal age (days) | <7 | 68 (17.85%) | 313 (82.15%) | 7-28 | 3 (8.82%) | 31 (91.18%) | Neonatal sex | Male | 41 (16.6%) | 206 (83.4%) | Female | 30 (17.86%) | 138 (82.14%) | Residence | Urban | 38 (18.54%) | 167 (81.46%) | Rural | 33 (15.71) | 177 (84.29%) | Gestational age () | Preterm | 45 (38.8%) | 71 (61.2%) | Term | 22 (8%) | 253 (92%) | Admission weight in grams | <2500 | 60 (28.4%) | 151 (71.6%) | ≥2500 | 11 (5.4%) | 193 (94.6%) | First-minute Apgar score () | <7 | 55 (23.1) | 183 (76.9%) | ≥7 | 12 (7.6%) | 147 (92.5) | Fifth-minute Apgar score () | <7 | 43 (38.4%) | 69 (61.6%) | ≥7 | 24 (8.4%) | 261 (91.6%) | Cry immediately at birth | Yes | 10 (5%) | 183 (95%) | No | 61 (27.5%) | 161 (72.5%) | Resuscitated at birth | Yes | 61 (26.8%) | 167 (72.5%) | No | 10 (5.4%) | 177 (94.6%) | EBF initiated within one hour () | Yes | 3 (3.7%) | 78 (96.3%) | No | 11 (8.9%) | 113 (91.1%) | Comorbidity | Yes | 64 (23.2%) | 212 (76.8%) | No | 7 (5%) | 132 (95%) |
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