From: Growth of extremely low birth weight infants at a tertiary hospital in a middle-income country
N = 92 | |
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Baseline characteristics | |
Females, frequency (percentage) | 47 (51.1%) |
Birth weight in grams, mean (SD) | 867 (81.4) |
Birth weight Z -score, mean (SD) | 0.4 (1.1) |
Gestational age at delivery in weeks, mean (SD) | 27.6 (2.0) |
Duration of hospital stay in days, mean (SD) | 69.1 (17.1) |
Postmenstrual age at discharge in weeks, mean (SD) | 36.7 (2.7) |
Kangaroo care, frequency (percentage) | 46 (50.0%) |
Predominantly breastfed at discharge | 49 (52.3%) |
Prenatal factors | |
Chorioamnionitis, frequency (percentage) | 2 (2.2%) |
Antenatal steroids, frequency (percentage) | 51 (55.4%) |
Postnatal complications | |
Patent dictus arteriosus, frequency (percentage) | 13 (14.1%) |
Sepsis after day 3 of life, frequency (percentage) | 53 (57.6%) |
Invasive ventilation, frequency (percentage) | 17 (18.5%) |
Continuous positive airway pressure for more than 2 days, frequency (percentage) | 29 (31.5%) |
Nil per os (excluding the first day of life), frequency (percentage) | 61 (66.3%) |
Retinopathy of prematurity, frequency (percentage) | 79 (85.7%) |
Oxygen on day 28 of life, frequency (percentage) | 68 (73.9%) |
Postnatal steroids, frequency (percentage) | 49 (53.3%) |
Necrotizing enterocolitis | 7 (7.6%) |
Surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis, frequency (percentage) | 1 (1.1%) |
Other surgery | 4 (4.3%) |