Characterization of patients admitted to the Neonatology Service of Abel Santamaría Cuadrado Hospital

Abstract

Introduction: “Newborn” or “neonate” are terms that refer to the first 28 days after birth. Ensuring access to quality maternal and neonatal health services and products is essential to improve outcomes for women and their newborns. Objective: to characterize clinically and epidemiologically the newborns admitted to the Neonatology Service of the Gynecobstetrics Block of the Abel Santamaría Cuadrado Hospital in the province of Pinar del Río during the period from January to December 2023. Methods: An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out at the Abel Santamaría Cuadrado general hospital in the province of Pinar del Río from January to December 2023, the universe consisted of 1078 patients. Results: the study showed that of the 1078 admissions to the service during the whole year, 627 took place in the second semester, which indicates that there were more births in this period; at the end of the year, the predominant type of delivery was Casarean section with a total of 543, 10 times more than the Euktosic deliveries. Conclusions: The average gestational age for the year was 37.3 weeks; while the lowest was in the month of January with an average of 34.5, despite not being the month with the least number of births.