From: Intraventricular haemorrhage in a Ugandan cohort of low birth weight neonates: the IVHU study
Sex | |
 Male | 60 (50) |
 Female | 60 (50) |
Admission weight (grams) | |
  < 1000 | 9 (7.5) |
 1000–1499 | 53 (44.2) |
 1500–2000 | 58 (48.3) |
 Mean (± SD) | 1463 ± 310 |
Gestation (weeks) (New Ballard assessment) | |
  < 28 | 3 (2.5) |
 28–31 | 38 (31.6) |
 32–36 | 70 (58.3) |
 37–42 | 6 (5) |
 Unknown | 3 (2.5) |
Age at admission (days) | mean ± SD 1.15 ± 0.36 |
SGA | |
 Yes | 51 (42.5) |
 No | 66 (55) |
 Unknown | 3 (2.5) |
Multiple pregnancy | |
 Singleton | 73 (60.8) |
 Twin | 44 (36.7) |
 Triplet | 3 (2.5) |
Delivery Type | |
 Vaginal Cephalic | 93 (77.5) |
 Vaginal Breech | 5 (4.2) |
 Emergency Caesarean | 22 (18.3) |
 Elective Caesarean | 0 (0) |
 Instrumental | 0 (0) |
Place of delivery | |
 MRRH | 64 (53.3) |
 District Hospital | 10 (8.3) |
 Health Centre | 27 (22.5) |
 Private Clinic | 7 (5.8) |
 Home | 9 (7.5) |
 On the way to hospital | 3 (2.5) |
Antenatal steroids | |
 None | 61 (50.8) |
 1 dose | 48 (40.0) |
 2 doses | 6 (5) |
 Unknown | 5 (4.2) |
Age at scan | n, (Median, range) |
 Day 1 | 88 (2, 1–3) |
 Day 3 | 106 (3, 2–5) |
 Day 7 | 97 (7, 6–10) |
 Day 28 | 71 (33, 24–87) |