Table 4 Maternal and neonatal characteristics significantly associated with the need for advanced delivery room resuscitation in very low birth weight infants
From: A review of delivery room resuscitation in very low birth weight infants in a middle income country
Characteristic | ADRR n/N (%) | No ADRR n/N (%) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Antenatal care | 120/157 (76.4) | 1109/1328 (83.5) | 0.026 |
Antenatal steroids | 57/150 (38.0) | 692/1275 (54.3) | <0.001 |
Mode of delivery: | |||
-Normal vertex delivery | 54/159 (34.0) | 441/1346 (32.8) | 0.008 |
-Vaginal breech | 11/159 (6.9) | 38/1346 (2.8) | |
-Emergency CS | 92/159 (57.9) | 799/1346 (59.4) | |
-Elective CS | 2/159 (1.3) | 68/1346 (5.1) | |
Five minute Apgar score <6 | 99/157 (63.1) | 122/1333 (9.2) | <0.001 |
Bacterial sepsis in the first 3 days of life | 10/126 (8.9) | 52/1297 (4.0) | 0.039 |
Oxygen on day 28 | 43/107 (40.2) | 297/1187 (25.0) | 0.001 |
Hyperglycaemia | 34/128 (26.6) | 243/1308 (18.6) | 0.029 |
Hypernatraemia | 21/128 (16.4) | 137/1308 (10.5) | 0.041 |
Metabolic acidosis | 20/128 (15.6) | 73/1308 (5.6) | <0.001 |
Respiratory distress syndrome | 121/127 (95.3) | 1139/1303 (87.4) | 0.009 |
Surfactant therapy | 127/160 (79.4) | 937/1351 (69.4) | 0.009 |
Died | 89/160 (55.6%) | 350/1351 (25.9) | <0.001 |
Died in delivery room | 32/160 (20.0) | 46/1351 (3.4) | <0.001 |
Died within 12 hours of admission | 41/160 (25.6) | 46/1344 (3.4) | <0.001 |