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	𝑛	%
Rupture of membranes at birth	55	77.5
<12 hours before birth	3	4.2
Caesarian section	53	74.6
Males	36	50.7
Birth weight ≤ 1000 g	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