In-hospital mortality and associated factors among term neonates with documented perinatal asphyxia in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective cohort study
Joseph Ntagerwa Ntaganzibwa, Francisca Isia Nanci, Benjamin Ntaligeza Mashukano, Serge Mushamuka Zigabe, Germain Mudumbi Zabaday, Eliezer Rhuderhekuguma Kulimushi, Samuel Ndinaye, David Bahati Bashomeka, Grâce Mushagalusa Bavurhe, Christian Cito Shabani, Joy-Arsène Bwema, Lucie Nshobole Cebweru · 2026
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Joseph Ntagerwa Ntaganzibwa and sixteen colleagues study perinatal asphyxia, oxygen deprivation around birth, among newborns admitted to a tertiary intensive care unit in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Local evidence is scarce, so the team reviewed admissions from January 2021 to December 2025, measuring how common asphyxia was and how severe it proved. They also asked which factors tracked with death in hospital.
Among two thousand three hundred thirty-three admissions, two hundred fifty-seven babies had documented asphyxia and nearly a quarter of them died. For term babies, mortality climbed steeply with brain injury stage, from under five percent at the mildest stage to about a third at the most severe. Lower birth weight and being born elsewhere before transfer signaled higher risk in initial analyses, though adjusted estimates were imprecise given few deaths. The authors call for better recognition and referral pathways for asphyxiated newborns in the region.
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| CREATOR | Joseph Ntagerwa Ntaganzibwa, Francisca Isia Nanci, Benjamin Ntaligeza Mashukano, Serge Mushamuka Zigabe, Germain Mudumbi Zabaday, Eliezer Rhuderhekuguma Kulimushi, Samuel Ndinaye, David Bahati Bashomeka, Grâce Mushagalusa Bavurhe, Christian Cito Shabani, Joy-Arsène Bwema, Lucie Nshobole Cebweru |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |