| Reasons for hospitalization | Frequency | % |
| Respiratory distress | 20 | 37.0 |
| Hyperthermia | 12 | 22.2 |
| Low birth weight | 2 | 3.7 |
| Lack of crying | 5 | 9.3 |
| Refusal to suckle | 4 | 7.4 |
| Digestive malformations | 4 | 7.4 |
| Other* | 7 | 13.0 |
| Total | 54 | 100 |