Length of hospital stay and factors associated with very-low-birth-weight preterm neonates surviving to discharge a cross-sectional study, 2022

Table 2 Clinical characteristics of VLBW preterm neonates and their mothers admitted to UOGCSH, 2022

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Parity	Primiparous	32	29.09
	Multiparous	69	62.73
	Grand multiparous	9	8.18
Place of delivery	Inborn	78	70.91
	Referral	20	18.18
	Home	12	10.91
Mode of delivery	SVD	49	44.55
	Assisted	11	10.00
	C/S	50	45.45
ANC follow up	Yes	94	85.45
ANC follow up	No	16	14.55
HIV status	Positive	5	4.55
HIV status	Negative	105	95.45
Age at the start of EBM	< 49 h	75	68.18
Age at the start of EBM	≥ 49 h	35	32.82
Feeding type	Expressed breast milk	86	78.18
Feeding type	Mixed	24	21.82
Type of Management	CPAP	68	61.82
	Intravenous antibiotics	37	33.64
	MF fluid only	5	4.55
Complications	Hospital acquired sepsis	25	22.72
	Necrotizing enterocolitis	25	22.72
	Jaundice	35	31.82
	No complications	25	22.72

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