Access to early bubble Continuous positive airway pressure in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Kamuzu Central Hospital
| dc.contributor.author | Kamanga, Emmanuel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sichinga, Tuntufye | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mbwana, Zainab | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-25T10:33:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-11-25T10:33:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-02-05 | |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Kamuzu University of Health Sciences | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://rscarchive.kuhes.ac.mw/handle/20.500.12988/462 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kamuzu University of Health Sciences | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Ethics Protocol;U.03/20/2998 | |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE | en_US |
| dc.title | Access to early bubble Continuous positive airway pressure in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Kamuzu Central Hospital | en_US |
| dc.type | Plan or blueprint | en_US |