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Table 11 Relation of GM hemorrhage grade to the transfusion data among the study group (n = 100)

From: The impact of red blood cell transfusion in preterm neonates on germinal matrix hemorrhage: incidence and grade with correlation to outcome

Items

Categories

Grading of IVH

P-value

1 ( n  = 17)

2 ( n  = 47)

3 ( n  = 36)

History of anemia

No

No

8

17

18

0.421

%

19%

40%

42%

Yes

No

9

30

18

%

16%

53%

32%

PRBC transfusion

No

No

7

17

18

0.448

%

17%

40%

43%

Yes

No

10

30

18

%

17%

52%

31%

Frequency of PRBC transfusion

No

No

7

17

18

0.659

%

17%

40%

43%

1 time

No

6

21

13

%

15%

53%

33%

2 times

No

3

6

5

%

21%

43%

36%

3 times

No

1

1

0

%

50%

50%

0%

4 times

No

0

2

0

%

0%

100%

0%

Age at first PRBC transfusion

No PRBC transfusion

0.026*

 

No

7

17

18

%

17%

40%

43%

IVH before PRBC transfusion

1st W

No

0

5

3

%

0%

63%

37%

2nd W

No

0

4

2

%

0%

66%

34%

3rd W

No

0

0

1

%

0%

0%

100%

IVH After PRBC transfusion

1st W

No

9

19

10

%

24%

50%

26%

2nd W

No

1

2

0

%

33%

67%

0%

3rd W

No

0

0

2

%

0%

0%

100%

  1. *Statistically significant P-value (P < 0.05)