Clinical Study
Sepsis-Related Mortality of Very Low Birth Weight Brazilian Infants: The Role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Table 2
Risk factors for sepsis-related mortality in 71 VLBW infants with sepsis, Servidores EstadoHospital, April 2001/September 2004.
| Risk factors: antenatal and intrapartum history, | neonatal comorbidities, therapeutic interventions |
| Continuous variables | | % |
| Rupture of membranes at birth | 55 | 77.5 | ā12 hours before birth | 3 | 4.2 | Caesarian section | 53 | 74.6 | Males | 36 | 50.7 | Birth weight 1000āg | 30 | 42.3 | Small for gestational age | 45 | 63.4 | Perinatal asphyxia | 37 | 52.1 | Respiratory distress syndrome | 39 | 54.9 | Necrotizing enterocolitis | 12 | 16.9 | Temperature instability | 12 | 16.9 | Neutropenia | 14 | 19.7 | Thrombocytopenia | 44 | 61.9 | Intravascular catheter | 47 | 66.2 | Total Parenteral nutrition | 64 | 90.1 | Mechanical ventilation | 42 | 59.2 | Enteral feeding onset > 72 hours | 18 | 25.3 |
| Categorical variables | Mean | Standard deviation |
| Gestational age (weeks) | 31 | 2.5 | 1-minute Apgar score | 6.2 | 2.1 | 5-minute Apgar score | 8.1 | 1.4 | 10-minute Apgar score | 7.2 | 2 | Birth weight (grams) | 1054 | 232 | Lenght of intravascular catheter (days) | 10.37 | 8.7 | Lenght of total parenteral nutrition (days) | 9.12 | 7.52 | Lenght of mechanical ventilation (days) | 6.97 | 9.46 | Length of stay (days) | 53.8 | 35 |
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