Introduction:Respiratory pathologies are top listed amongst neonatal morbidities.Our objective was to
describe the clinical features, causes and treatment of respiratory distress
(RD) in full and post term neonates in a tertiary health center in Yaoundé, the
Essos Hospital Centre (EHC). Patients and Method: This was a
retrospective study. Full/post term neonates with RD from January 2017-December
2018 were included.Main
parameters: incidence of RD, etiologies, risk factors for severity and
mortality. Results: We included 186 neonates among 2312 newborn babies.
The RD prevalence rate was 8%. Sex ratio of 2.15 was favoring male, median
gestational age of 38 weeks. Clinical signs of RD were dominated by a Silverman
score above 4/10 in 64%.Main
etiologies were pneumonia (44%),followed by transient tachypnea(35.4).Perinatal asphyxia(OR=9.412, P=0.005)
and cyanosis(OR=6.509; P
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