[Assessment of severity of the state and intensive care of newborns in the intensive care units].

A point-based evaluation of the severity condition was made on the bases of an analysis of clinical findings (cardiovascular, respiratory, central nervous, urinary and gastrointestinal systems) for 130 newborns who were admitted to the intensive care and resuscitation unit: 3-5 points--severe condition, 6-10 points--highly severe condition and 12-15 points--extremely severe condition. The severity assessment scale as applicable to newborns and based only on the clinical findings enables the practitioner to optimize the conducted therapy in accordance with a severity degree.