Research Article
Retinopathy of Prematurity in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Table 2
Comorbidities and interventions in the 53 preterm babies in the study group.
| Co-morbidities/interventions | No (%) |
| Co-morbidities | | Neonatal jaundice | 51 (96.2) | Sepsis | 24 (45.3) | Birth asphyxia | 22 (41.5) | Ophthalmia neonatorum | 19 (35.8) | Anemia | 17 (32.1) | Congenital pneumonia | 14 (26.4) | Apnoea | 13 (24.5) | Hypoglycemia | 8 (15.1) | Renal failure | 6 (11.3) | G6PD deficiency | 3 (5.7) | Patent ductus arteriosus | 3 (5.7) | Multisystem congenital anomalies | 1 (1.9) | Interventions | | Phototherapy | 49 (92.5) | Exchange blood transfusion | 44 (83.0) | Supplemental oxygen | 31 (58.5) | Mechanical ventilation | 0 (0.0) | Surfactant | 0 (0.0) |
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Twenty-three had multiple blood transfusions.
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