MODIFIED SICK NEONATAL SCORE(MSNS), A NOVEL NEONATAL DISEASE SEVERITY SCORE FPR CLINICAL ASSESSMENT AND MORTALITY PREDICTION IN RESOURCE – CONSTRAINED SETTINGS

Abstract

Background: As the mortality observed could be adjusted to the severity of the disease of
admitted newborns, they are used to create standardized comparisons between the performances
of various units To evaluate modified sick neonatal (MSNS), a novel neonatal disease severity
score designed for resource constrained settings.
Methods: A facility based prospective observational study. Present study was done for duration
of 1 year i.e, from 06-03- 2021 to 05-03-2022, was done in SNCU, Sri Venkateswara Ramnarain
Ruia Government General Hospital (SVRRGGH), Tirupati. Newborns Admitted in SNCU,
SVRRGGH, Tirupati. A sample size of 565 neonates is required, assuming 90% sensitivity and
specificity and an absolute accuracy of 0.035 at 95% confidence level.