TTTS (n=29) | Controls (n=33) | p Value | |
Transient tachypnoea of the newborn | 9 (31%) | 4 (12%) | 0.06 |
Respiratory distress syndrome | 13 (45%) | 20 (61%) | 0.16 |
CNLD | 8 (28%) | 10 (30%) | 0.52 |
Hypotension | 15 (52%) | 13 (39%) | 0.23 |
Dopamine administration | 14 (48%) | 8 (24%) | 0.04 |
Renal failure | 14 (48%) | 5 (15%) | 0.005 |
Mean (SD) creatinine (mmol/l) | 0.14 (0.09) | 0.09 (0.02) | 0.01 |
Sepsis | 17 (59%) | 13 (39%) | 0.10 |
Necrotising enterocolitis | 1 (3%) | 0 | 0.46 |
Seizures | 3 (10%) | 1 (3%) | 0.25 |
PVH (grade 1–2) | 2 (7%) | 7 (21%) | 0.41 |
PVH (grade 3–4) | 0 | 1 (3%) | 0.53 |
Cystic PVL | 3 (10%) | 0 | 0.09 |
Cerebral atrophy | 2 (7%) | 0 | 0.21 |
CNLD, chronic neonatal lung disease; PVH, periventricular haemorrhage; PVL, periventricular leucomalacia.