Table 2 The complications of infants with or without red blood cell transfusion post diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis

Congenital heart disease^a, %(n)

38.3 (23)

36.3 (66)

0.773

Pathoglycemia, %(n)

10.0 (6)

6.6 (12)

0.556

Sepsis, %(n)

55.0 (33)

21.4 (39)

0.000

Coagulopathy, %(n)

23.3 (14)

36.8 (67)

0.055

Scleredema neonatorum, %(n)

5.0 (3)

5.5 (10)

1.0

Intracranial hemorrhage, %(n)

13.3 (8)

7.1 (13)

0.14

Metabolic acidosis, %(n)

8.3 (5)

2.7 (5)

0.131

Hemolytic disease of newborn, %(n)

16.7(10)

14.8 (27)

0.732

Asphyxia, %(n)

1.7 (1)

4.4 (8)

0.565

Liver dysfunction, %(n)

11.7 (7)

3.8 (7)

0.053

Renal dysfunction, %(n)

16.7 (10)

9.3 (17)

0.118