Neonatal Thrombocytopenia after Perinatal Asphyxia Treated with Hypothermia: A Retrospective Case Control Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study population.

	Hypothermia group	Control group	value
Birth weight—grams*	3446 (625)	3352 (606)		.45
Gestational age—weeks*	39.4 (1.55)	39.8 (1.85)	.28
Male gender— (%)	27 (50%)	18 (39%)	.28
Caesarean delivery— (%)	27 (50%)	28 (61%)	.28
Vacuum extraction— (%)	16 (30%)	15 (33%)	.75
Forceps delivery— (%)	2 (4%)	3 (7%)	.66
Shoulder dystocia— (%)	4 (7%)	1 (2%)	.37
Apgar at 5 min ≤ 5— (%)	51 (96%)	31 (67%)	.00
Arterial cord blood/blood gas
pH <7.0— (%)	39 (72%)	34 (74%)	.85
Base excess ≤−16 mmol/L— (%)	33 (61%)	24 (52%)	.37
Lactate >10 mmol/L— (%)	33 (61%)	22 (48%)	.18

*Value given as mean (SD).