Bowel Perforation in Premature Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Risk Factors and Outcomes

Table 4

Treatments and complications in NEC infants with and without bowel perforation.

	Perforated NEC group ()	Nonperforated NEC group ()
Duration of fasting (d)	17.25 ± 2.21	8.21 ± 1.29	<0.01
Use of carbapenem antibiotics	4 (100.00)	6 (16.21)	<0.01
Duration of antibiotic treatment (d)	21.00 ± 3.37	10.39 ± 3.40	<0.01
Gastrointestinal decompression	4 (100.00)	17 (45.94)	0.13
Duration of TPN use (d)	37.5 ± 8.10	22.21 ± 7.53	<0.01
Cholestasis	3 (75.00)	5 (13.51)	<0.01
EUGR	4 (100.00)	13 (35.10)	<0.05

Note: data were expressed as mean ± SD; data were expressed as the number (percentage within the group); compared to the nonperforated NEC group.