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NMH | 2024 46 Neonatology NEONATAL ACTIVITY Number of Admissions to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Clinical Reasons for First Admission of Inborn and Outborn Infants Year 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Number of Admissions 1240 1243 1132 1198 1240 Year 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 First admission for inborn infants 1107 (89%) 1059 (85%) 957 (85%) 1005 (84%) 1043 (84%) -Delivery Ward 772 783 715 764 784 -Theatre Inc. above Inc. above Inc. above Inc. above Inc. above -Postnatal Ward 335 276 242 241 259 First admission for Outborn infants 46 (4%) 60 (5%) 57 (5%) 28 (2%) 60 (5%) First admission from home 30 (2%) 59 (5%) 48 (4%) 66 (6%) 64 (5%) Readmission from postnatal ward 21 (2%) 15 (1%) 29 (3%) 43 (4%) 38 (3%) Readmission from other hospital 12 (1%) 14 (1%) 11 (1%) 14 (1%) 16 (1%) Readmission from home 24 (2%) 36 (3%) 30 (3%) 42 (4%) 19 (2%) Total 1240 1243 1132 1198 1240 Sources of Admission to the NICU Clinical Reason 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Respiratory 399 35% 394 35% 405 40% 381 37% 440 40% Prematurity 259 22% 248 22% 134 13% 145 14% 112 10% Gastroenterology 189 16% 109 10% 81 8% 70 7% 43 4% Suspected/Proven Infection 77 7% 111 10% 75 7% 83 8% 188 17% Small for Dates 63 5% 81 7% 136 13% 138 13% 142 13% Congenital Anomalies 30 3% 37 3% 30 3% 31 3% 19 2% Cardiac 32 3% 41 4% 34 3% 29 3% 33 3% Birth Depression 17 1% 17 2% 9 1% 4 <1% 12 1% Other Neurological 12 1% 20 2% 11 1% 14 1% 25 2% Surgical 4 <1% 6 <1% 2 <1% 2 <1% 6 < 1% Haematological 23 2% 14 1% 10 1% 6 1% 11 1% Other 48 4% 41 4% 89 9% 130 13% 72 7% Total 1153 1119 1014 1033 1103