Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 1 Demographic and resuscitative data of the studied population

From: Patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants; experience of a tertiary referral neonatal intensive care unit: prevalence, complications, and management

		PDA	Non-PDA	P value
		N = 87	N = 65	P value
Sex	Female	45(51.7%)	31(47.7%)	0.623
Sex	Male	42(48.3%)	34(52.3%)	0.623
Gestational age (weeks)		31.4 ± 2.2	31.9 ± 1.7	0.141
Birth weight (kg)		1.5 ± 0.4	1.5 ± 0.3	0.519
NVD		24(27.6%)	26 (40%)	0.107
CS		63(72.4%)	39 (60%)	0.107
PIH		13(14.9%)	5 (7.7%)	0.171
PROM		23(26.4%)	18(27.7%)	0.863
APH		12(13.8%)	0 (0%)	0.002
Maternal steroids		36(41.4%)	28(43.1%)	0.834
Apgar score less than 5 at 1 min		27 (31%)	11(16.9%)	0.047
Resuscitative measure	Routine care	33(37.9%)	39 (60%)	0.06
	Free flow oxygen	33(37.9%)	16(24.6%)
	PPV	17(19.5%)	9 (13.8%)
	Cardiac compression	4 (4.6%)	1 (1.5%)
Length of NICU stay(day)		17 ± 5	20.5 ± 6.9	0.176
Outcome (death)		44 (50.6%)	21 (32.3%)	0.021

p value is considered significant if < 0.05
Abbreviations: NVD Normal vaginal delivery, CS Cesarean section, PIH Pregnancy-induced hypertension, PROM Premature rupture of membrane, APH Anti-partum hemorrhage

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