Clinical Study
Hearing and Neurological Impairment in Children with History of Exchange Transfusion for Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of groups of children with SNHL and BNH with Exchange transfusion (
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| Variable | SNHL group (n = 15) | BNH group (n = 87) | n | Average ± SD | Range | n | Average ± SD | Range | U M-Wa | P |
| Gestational age (weeks) | 15 | 33.7 ± 2.1 | 30–39.5 | 87 | 35.2 ± 3.3 | 26–40.6 | 425 | 0.03a | Birthweight (g) | 15 | 1927 ± 581 | 910–2,975 | 87 | 2,218 ± 790 | 790–3795 | 514 | 0.19a | 1 min Apgar score | 15 | 6.4 ± 1.7 | 1–9 | 87 | 6.7 ± 2.2 | 2–9 | 497 | 0.12a | 5 min Apgar score | 15 | 8.3 ± 0.8 | 1–9 | 87 | 8.5 ± 1.0 | 4–9 | 504 | 0.08a | Mechanical ventilation (days) | 5 | 5 ± 4 | 1–14 | 22 | 5 ± 2 | 1–20 | 46.5 | 0.58a | Hospital stay (days) | 15 | 31 ± 26 | 7–96 | 87 | 20 ± 18 | 5–102 | 469 | 0.08a | Phototherapy (days) | 15 | 5.5 ± 0.7 | 4–6 | 87 | 5.5 ± 1.4 | 1–10 | 637 | 0.87a | Indirect bilirubin (mg/dL) | 15 | 22.2 ± 5.7 | 14.7–35.6 | 87 | 18.7 ± 5.3 | 6.8–35.8 | 451 | 0.05a | Age at follow-up (years) | 15 | 6.7 ± 2.3 | 2–10 | 87 | 5 ± 3.7 | 1–10 | 566 | 0.41a | Male | 9 | 60% | | 42 | 48% | | | 0.40** | Female | 6 | 40% | | 45 | 52% | | | Term infant | 1 | 7% | | 34 | 39% | | | 0.01** | Premature infant | 14 | 93% | | 53 | 61% | | |
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SNHL: sensorineural hearing loss. BNH: bilateral normal hearing. n: number of cases. SD: standard deviation. a M-W: of Mann-Whitney test, **.
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