%0 Journal Article
%T Posibles factores de riesgo asociados a una estancia hospitalaria prolongada de los pacientes en la Unidad de Neonatolog¨ªa del Hospital San Vicente de Pa¨²l
%A Barrantes-Sol¨ªs
%A Tatiana
%A Su¨¢rez-P¨¦rez
%A Marilys
%A Morera-Hidalgo
%A Herman
%J Acta Pedi¨¢trica Costarricense
%D 2009
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X aim: this study pretends to identify possible risk factors associated to a prolonged stay in the neonatal unit in the hospital san vicente de pa¨²l during the first semester of 2007. methods: a non experimental, transversal and descriptive study. it includes all the discharged in the neonatal unit of the hospital san vicente de pa¨²l; from january the first till june the 30 of 2007. the descriptive statistic was worked out with excel 2007 and epi-info 3.3.2 version. to identify possible associations within the variables of this study and the hospital stay, a multivariate analysis using logistic regression was used by the statistic program egret£¿. results: the first three discharge diagnostics were jaundice, neonatal sepsis followed by transitory taquipnea of the new born. the average hospital stay was 5.6 days. a statistical relationship was observed between apgar ¡Ü 6, a premature new born and the diagnostics of neonatal sepsis, respiratory disorders, perinatal hypoxia and congenital lues with a hospital stay over 6 days. the variable apgar, respiratory disorders and neonatal sepsis lost statistical significance after thorough analysis. conclusions: this study was carried out to determine factors that may determine lengths of stay in the neonatal unit in the hospital san vicente de pa¨²l. possible statistical relationship were observed between apgar equal or less than 6, a premature new born and the diagnostics of neonatal sepsis, respiratory disorders, perinatal hypoxia and congenital lues with a hospital stay over 6 days. the data provided must be complemented with other studies to determine the main causes that determine length of stay and ways in which to prevent them.
%K prolonged hospital stay
%K neonatology
%K risk factors.
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