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Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 4 Comorbidities between HSPDA group and non HSPDA group

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

 

HSPDA

N = 33

Non-HSPDA

N = 54

P value

Sepsis

32 (97%)

48 (88.9%)

0.245

NEC

6 (18.2%)

11 (20.4%)

0.803

Apnea

3 (9.1%)

7 (13%)

0.736

Pulmonary hemorrhage

13 (39.4%)

10(18.5%)

0.032*

IVH

16 (48.5%)

19 (35.2%)

0.220

BPD

2 (6.1%)

1 (1.9%)

0.554

  1. *p value is considered significant < 0.05
  2. Abbreviations: NEC Necrotizing enterocolitis, IVH Intraventricular hemorrhage, BPD Broncho-pulmonary dysplasia
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