Neonatal mortality risk of vulnerable newborns by fine stratum of gestational age and birthweight for 230 679 live births in nine low- and middle-income countries, 2000-2017.
Elizabeth A HazelDaniel Joseph ErchickJoanne KatzAnne C C LeeMichael DiazLee S F WuKeith P WestAbu Ahmed ShamimParul ChristianHasmot AliAbdullah H BaquiSamir K SahaSalahuddin AhmedArunangshu Dutta RoyMariângela F SilveiraRomina BuffariniRoger ShapiroRebecca ZashPatrick KolsterenCarl LachatLieven HuybregtsDominique RoberfroidZhonghai ZhuLingxia ZengSeifu H GebreyesusKokeb TesfamariamSeth Adu-AfarwuahKathryn G DeweyStephaney GyaaseKwaku Poku-AsanteEllen Boamah KaaliDarby JackThulasiraj RavillaJames TielschSunita TanejaRanadip ChowdhuryPer AshornKenneth MaletaUlla AshornCharles ManganiLuke C MullanySubarna K KhatryVundli RamokoloWanga Zembe-MkabileWafaie W FawziDongqing WangChristentze SchmiegelowDaniel MinjaOmari Abdul MsemoJohn P A LusinguEmily R SmithHonorati MasanjaAroonsri MongkolchatiPaniya KeentupthaiAbel KakuruRichard KajubiKatherine E A SemrauDavidson H HamerAlbert ManasyanJesse Jake PryBernard ChasekwaJean HumphreyRobert E BlackPublished in: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology (2024)
In addition to tracking vulnerable newborn types, monitoring finer categories of birthweight and gestational age will allow for better understanding of the predictors, interventions and health outcomes for vulnerable newborns. It is imperative that all newborns from live births and stillbirths have an accurate recorded weight and gestational age to track maternal and neonatal health and optimise prevention and care of vulnerable newborns.