Predictive value of snappe ii for neonatal mortality
International Journal of Development Research
Predictive value of snappe ii for neonatal mortality
Received 18th May, 2018; Received in revised form 16th June, 2018; Accepted 22nd July, 2018; Published online 30th August, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Adriana Veríssimo, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The objective of the study was to analyze the Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology Perinatal Extension IIscore as a predictor of neonatal mortality, describing the clinical and epidemiological profile of neonates hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit at a cardiology reference institution in the Northern Regionin Brazil. Nine clinical variables were investigated by analyzing each patient's chart and were duly scored. The study score ranged from 0 to 162, and the higher the score, the higher was the severity of the newborn’s condition, considering the duration of hospital stay. The results showed that the death rate was proportionately related to the increase in the SNAPPE II score. The results of this study showedthat the nursing team could modify the interventions proposed in the Systematization of Nursing Assistance (SNA) for the most serious conditions in newborns, according to the SNAPPE II evaluation score.
