Survival rate of premature babies in a medium-sized municipality in the south of Brazil

  • Gisele Barboza da Silva Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz - FAG
  • Angela Barbosa de Alcantara Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz - FAG
  • Bianca Sousa Brito Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz - FAG
  • Camila Vanin de Menezes Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz - FAG
  • Sylmara Macena Costa Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz - FAG
  • Luana Patricia Weizemann Centro Universitário da Fundação Assis Gurgacz - FAG https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0470-4326
  • Maycon Hoffmann Cheffer Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz - FAG https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0470-4326

Abstract

Objective: to define the survival rate of premature babies under 32 weeks and analyze the main causes of death, identifying whether cases have a higher prevalence of a given complication. Methodology: exploratory and descriptive research, with a quantitative approach, based on data contained in Death Certificates and Live Birth Declarations, available at the Epidemiological Surveillance Division of Cascavel-PR, from 2018 to 2022. Results: There were 330 births and 90 deaths in this period, resulting in an estimated 79% survival rate, which is equivalent to 240 people alive. Regarding the description of death diagnoses, we have the prevalence of Specific Respiratory Disorders of the Neonatal Period, which were mentioned 27 times, with Respiratory Failure of the Newborn as the main cause (15 times). Conclusion, in extremely premature babies, born up to 30 weeks of gestation, the risk of death is high, demonstrating that of those born from 22 to 24 weeks of gestation over a period of 5 years in the municipality of Cascavel, 28 babies were born, and of these, 24 died , so the mortality rate is 857.14 (per thousand live births), that is, 85.7% of these died. Given the above, there is a clear need to expand this study.

Author Biographies

Gisele Barboza da Silva , Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz - FAG

Discente de Enfermagem no Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz, Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil

Angela Barbosa de Alcantara, Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz - FAG

Discente de Enfermagem no Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz, Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil

Bianca Sousa Brito , Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz - FAG

Discente de Medicina no Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz, Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil

Camila Vanin de Menezes , Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz - FAG

Discente de Medicina no Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz, Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil

Sylmara Macena Costa, Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz - FAG

Discente de Medicina no Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz, Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil

Luana Patricia Weizemann, Centro Universitário da Fundação Assis Gurgacz - FAG

Discente de Enfermagem no Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz, Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil

Maycon Hoffmann Cheffer, Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz - FAG

Enfermeiro. Doutor em Enfermagem pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil. Mestre em Biociências e Saúde pela Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (Unioeste), Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil. Bacharel e licenciatura em enfermagem pela Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (Unioeste). Docente Adjunto no Centro Universitário Assis Gurgacz (FAG), Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil.

Published
2024-03-25
How to Cite
Barboza da Silva , G., Barbosa de Alcantara, A., Sousa Brito , B., Vanin de Menezes , C., Macena Costa, S., Weizemann, L. P., & Hoffmann Cheffer, M. (2024). Survival rate of premature babies in a medium-sized municipality in the south of Brazil. REVISTA CEREUS, 16(1), 265-274. Retrieved from http://ojs.unirg.edu.br/index.php/1/article/view/4605