Preterm infants | |
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*Values are median (range). | |
Sex (F:M) | 18:24 |
Gestational age (weeks) | 28 (25–35)* |
Birth weight (g) | 1140 (640–1890)* |
Maternal steroids | 33 (78%) |
Maternal hypertension | 11 (26%) |
Acute fetal distress | 12 (28%) |
Infection | 8 (19%) |
Respiratory distress | 39 (93%) |
Intrauterine growth retardation | 7 (17%) |
Necrotising enterocolitis | 1 (2.4%) |
Steroids | 17 (40%) |
Sedation | 24 (57%) |
Inotropes | 5 (12%) |
Volume expansion | 9 (21%) |
Insulin | 2 (5%) |
Feeding | 29 (70%) |