Research Article
Epidemiological Study of Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Conjunctivitis in a Level III Neonatal Unit
Table 1
General characteristics of the study population.
| Variable | Total of patients or mean value |
| Gender | | Female | 624 (41,8%) | Male | 868 (58,2%) | Gestational age (weeks) | | 28 | 18 (1,2%) | [28–32[ | 85 (5,7%) | [32–34[ | 93 (6,2%) | [34–37[ | 364 (24,4%) | ≥37 | 932 (62,5%) | Birth weight (g) | | <750 | 12 (0,8%) | [750–1000[ | 14 (0,9%) | [1000–1500[ | 72 (4,8%) | [1500–2500[ | 464 (31,1%) | [2500–4000[ | 881 (59,1%) | ≥4000 | 49 (3,3%) | Mode of delivery | | Cesarean section | 721 (48,3%) | Vaginal delivery | 771 (51,7%) | Mechanical ventilation | | Invasive | 52 (3,5%) | Noninvasive | 45 (3,0%) | Both modalities | 151 (10,1%) | Phototherapy | 675 (45,2%) | Parenteral nutrition | 221 (14,8%) |
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