Research Article
The Role of Pancreatic Stone Protein in Diagnosis of Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis
Table 1
Risk factors and clinical data of the two studied groups.
| Variable | Uninfected group () | Infected group () | | | Number | % | Number | % |
| Delivery | | | | | | | NVD | 11 | 42.3 | 11 | 42.3 | 0 | 1 | CS | 15 | 57.7 | 15 | 57.7 | | NS |
| PROM | | | | | | | No | 22 | 84.6 | 15 | 57.7 | 4.59 | | Yes | 4 | 15.4 | 11 | 42.3 | | |
| Maternal GBS | | | | | | | No | 23 | 88.5 | 19 | 73.1 | 1.98 | 0.16 | Yes | 3 | 11.5 | 7 | 26.9 | | NS |
| Maternal fever | | | | | | | No | 24 | 92.3 | 18 | 69.2 | 4.46 | | Yes | 2 | 7.7 | 8 | 30.8 | | |
| Intrapartum antibiotics | | | | | | | No | 20 | 76.9 | 20 | 76.9 | 0 | 1 | Yes | 6 | 23.1 | 6 | 23.1 | | NS |
| Fetal tachycardia | | | | | | | No | 21 | 80.8 | 16 | 61.5 | 2.34 | 0.13 | Yes | 5 | 19.2 | 10 | 38.5 | | NS |
| Other risk factors | | | | | | | No | 13 | 50 | 15 | 57.7 | 0.31 | 0.58 | Yes | 13 | 50 | 11 | 42.3 | | NS | Mother age <18–>37 | 2 | | 0 | | | | Consanguinity | 3 | | 3 | | | | Oligohydramnios | 2 | | 1 | | | | Difficult labor | 0 | | 2 | | | | Hemorrhage | 0 | | 2 | | | | abortion | 0 | | 1 | | | | DM | 2 | | 0 | | | | HPT | 4 | | 1 | | | | UTI | 0 | | 1 | | | |
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: Chi-square test. means is significant ( was significant).
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