Article

Causes of prematurity in the Bloemfontein Academic Complex

Published in: South African Family Practice
Volume 57 , issue 3 , 2015 , pages: 223–226

DOI: 10.1080/20786190.2014.976960

Author(s): H Brits Faculty of Health Science, Department of Family Medicine, South Africa , M Adriaanse School of Medicine, South Africa , D-M Rall School of Medicine, South Africa , M Van Biljon School of Medicine, South Africa , A Van der Walt School of Medicine, South Africa , E Wasserman School of Medicine, South Africa , G Joubert Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, South Africa

Keywords: causes , morbidity , mortality , neonatal , prematurity

Download full text Get new issue alerts

Abstract

Background: Prematurity is globally the leading cause of neonatal mortality, morbidity and long-term disability. The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) of the United Nations, and specifically MDG 4, address child mortality. Neonatal mortality rates contribute to 37% of all under-five mortality, with the largest proportion (30%) due to prematurity. The overall purpose of this study was to determine factors associated with prematurity and to identify treatable and preventable causes at the Bloemfontein Academic Complex in order to decrease the morbidity and mortality associated with prematurity in line with MDG.

« Knowledge of hypertensive patients about treatment in the Seboche hospital, 2013

Profile and acute mortality outcome of patients admitted with cryptococcal meningitis to an urban district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa »