Authors: MEGUIEZE Claude-Audrey, NSEME ETOUCKEY Eric, MEKONE NKWELE Isabelle, NGUEFACK Félicité, EPEE NGOUE Jeannette, KAGO Daniel, NGASSAM Cindy Brenda, YAKA Rose Andréa, EBOUTOU Ivan, ELONG Jules Thierry, KOKI NDOMBO Paul.
Aim: To determine the prevalence of neonatal resuscitation in two hospitals of Yaoundé in Cameroon.
Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted for seven months ranging from 18 October 2021 to 18 May 2022 in two hospitals of Yaoundé. Admission files of new-borns who benefited from neonatal resuscitation at birth from the year 2015 to 2020 were included. We recorded the socio demographic variables of the children’s mothers (age, level of education et region of origin) and the clinical characteristics of new-borns (gestational age, gender, birth weight, Apgar scores) in an operating sheet. The results were analysed using IBM SPSS.23.0 software and the data expressed as frequencies percentages, and means.
Results: The main maternal age ranged between 25 to 30 years (28,9%). The mean age being 29.9 ± 5.8 years with extremes values of 15 and 42 years. Concerning the level of education, most had a secondary level (37.8%). There was a predominance of mothers from the Center region (38.5%). Most of the newborns were born at term (61.6%). The mean gestational age at delivery was 36.7 ± 3.6 WA with extreme values of 25 and 46 WA. The male gender was the most represented with 55% of the cases giving a sex ratio of 1.25. More than half of these babies had a birth weight between 2500 et 4000 grams (62.4%). The mean birth weight was 2748.4 ± 794.3 grams with extreme values of 800 and 5600 grams. The global hospital prevalence of neonatal resuscitation was 3.5%.
Conclusion: Term new-borns of male gender were most affected. The overall hospital prevalence and prevalence per health facility was low.