Pakistan Journal of Nutrition1680-51941994-7984Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/pjn.2013.544.548TabassumSana AminMuhammad AkramMuhammad UllahMuhammad Aman 62013126Neonatal death rates and morbidity is forever a high interest
for doctors and public health specialist. Main objectives of this research is
to determine the prevalence of neonates diseases in Multan region, to make assessment
which disease has been most commonly occurring in this region and finally present
comparison of neonatal diseases proportion by gender. This study was carried
out in the Children ward, Nishter Hospital, Multan from 1st January to 31st
July 2012 and data of all admitted neonates were recorded. Descriptive statistics
and z-test was used for the comparison of proportion of neonatal diseases by
gender. A total of 889 neonates patients were observed during this period which
comprises 535 (60.18%) male and 354 (39.82%) female. Of the all neonatal diseases,
Birth asphyxia (B.A) was the most frequent i.e., 424 (47.69%) patients. Preterm
babies were 168 (18.90%) and babies with sepsis were 155 (17.44%). Tetanus followed
12 (1.35%), Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS) 28 (3.15%) babies and babies
who born premature were 46 (5.17%). From z-test, we have found that all neonatal
diseases by gender are significant. In our study Birth asphyxia, preterm, prematurity,
MAS, sepsis, and tetanus are the main causes of neonatal admissions, while preterm
birth, birth asphyxia and sepsis are in great proportion. When comparison was
made, it was revealed that the prevalence of all neonatal diseases is higher
among male neonates than female except in MAS neonates. The Solid and supportable
policies are required to formulate and carried out to escape from numerous preventable
reasons of neonatal morbidity and mortality.]]>Ahmad, A., W. Hussain, A. Lamichhane, M. Aslam and L. Riaz,20113537Aijaz, N., N. Huda and S. Kausar,201263235Saleem, M., M. Ali, J. Anwar, M.I. Babar, M. Rafi, R. Mehmood, A. Hussain and Q. Mahamood,20112231235Warren, J.B., W.E. Lambert, R. Fu, J.M. Anderson and A.B. Edelman,20122103113Waseem, R., S.T. Izhar, M. Khan and W.A. Qureshi,200512451456Xu, Z.Z., Y.X. Zhou, M.X. Ben, H.W. Zhao, W.C. Wang, Y.X. Jiang and Q. Qin,20062006Yousfani, S., S. Bibi, F. Mumtaz, A. Memon, A.I. Khushk, F. Saeed and I. Khan,20082008204207Zulfqar, R. and S. Naemullah,20091326