Access to early bubble Continuous positive airway pressure in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Kamuzu Central Hospital
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2021-02-05
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Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
Abstract
Objective: The main aim of this study is to evaluate accessibility of bubble Continuous Positive
Airway Pressure by preterm infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at a large referral hospital of
central region.
Methods: Study design: The study is going to be a quantitative cross-section study. We will
use secondary data recorded in daily running of the neonatal unit from January through
December 2019. Methodology: The study will be conducted at Kamuzu Central Hospital, in the
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The ward is commonly known as Ethel Mutharika Nursery Wing.
Participants will include all preterm births born between 28 and 36 weeks of gestation. Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit admits about 400 preterm infants requiring Continuous Positive Airway
Pressure therapy annually.
Research Problem: Prematurity accounts for over a half of neonatal mortality in Malawi and
mainly due to RDS respiratory distress syndrome. Low-cost bubble bCPAP is being
implemented in hospitals to treat respiratory distress syndromeRDS.. There is limited data on the
accessibility of the therapy and the rolled out low-cost bubble Continuous Positive Airway
Pressure bCPAP Pumani devices. This study will evaluate the accessibility of early Continuous
Positive Airway Pressure CPAP intervention on the preterm infants.
Methodology: The study will be conducted at Kamuzu Central Hospital, in the Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit. The ward is commonly known as Ethel Mutharika Nursery Wing.
Participants will include all preterm births born between 28 and 36 weeks of gestation. Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit NICU admits about 400 preterm infants requiring Continuous Positive
Airway Pressure CPAP therapy annually.
Expected outcomes: The study will provides up-to-date information on the need and utilization
of low-cost Continuous Positive Airway Pressure CPAP devices rolled out in NICU Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit at Kamuzu Central Hospital.
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