Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of late preterm infants
From: Neurodevelopmental outcome of late preterm infants in Johannesburg, South Africa
Characteristic | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Female | 35 | 62.5 |
Appropriate for gestational age | 49 | 87.5 |
Inborn | 52 | 92.9 |
Primparous mother | 16 | 28.6 |
Antenatal care | 50 | 89.3 |
Antenatal steroids | 3 | 5.4 |
Antenatal magnesium sulphate | 2 | 3.6 |
Maternal HIV | 24 | 42.9 |
Caesarean section delivery | 31 | 55.4 |
Multiple gestation | 14 | 25 |
Resuscitated in the delivery room | 17 | 30.4 |
Severe IVH (grade 3 or 4) | 2 | 3.6 |
Respiratory distress syndrome | 26 | 46.4 |
Nasal CPAP | 21 | 37.5 |
Mechanical ventilation | 8 | 14.3 |
Postnatal steroids | 1 | 1.8 |
Necrotising enterocolitis (stage 2 or 3) | 3 | 5.4 |
Exchange transfusion | 1 | 1.8 |
Late onset sepsis | 9 | 16.1 |
Breastfed on discharge | 27 | 48.2 |