Beshada Zerfu Woldegeorgis, Amanuel Yosef Gebrekidan, Gizachew Ambaw Kassie, Gedion Asnake Azeze, Yordanos Sisay Asgedom, Henok Berhanu Alemu, Mohammed Suleiman Obsa
Neonatal birth trauma, although it has steadily decreased in industrialized nations, constitutes a significant health burden in low-resource settings. Keeping with this, we sought to determine the pooled cumulative incidence (incidence proportion) of birth trauma and identify potential contributing factors in low and middle-income countries. Besides, we aimed to describe the temporal trend, clinical pattern, and immediate adverse neonatal outcomes of birth trauma. We searched articles published in the English language in the Excerpta Medica database, PubMed, Web of Science, Google, African Journals Online, Google Scholar, Scopus, and in the reference list of retrieved articles...
2024: PloS One