Table 2: Neonatal
outcomes of infants born to women with high risk obstetrical conditions.
|
|
Diabetes Mellitus |
Substance Abuse |
Miscellaneous High Risk |
Prior Preterm Labor/Delivery |
P value |
|
No. of infants |
112 |
80 |
75 |
41 |
|
|
Birth weight (g) (mean ± SD) |
3306 ± 530 |
2951 ± 451 |
3056 ± 558 |
3007 ± 454 |
0.0001 |
|
Gestational age (w) (mean ± SD) |
38 ± 1 |
38 ± 1 |
39 ± 2 |
38 ± 1 |
< 0.0994 |
|
Well baby nursery |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Admission no. (%) |
84 (74) |
66 (83) |
65 (87) |
39 (95) |
< 0.0001 |
|
Developed NAS no. (%) |
0 (0) |
23 (35) |
2 (3) |
1 (2) |
< 0.0001 |
|
Length of stay (mean ± SD) |
3 ± 8 |
9 ± 4 |
3 ± 2 |
3 ± 3 |
< 0.0001 |
|
Newborn intensive care |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Admission no. (%) |
28 (25) |
14 (18) |
10 (13) |
2 (5) |
< 0.0001 |
|
Hypoglycemia no. (%) |
11 (39) |
1 (7) |
1 (10) |
0 (0) |
0.2471 |
|
RDS/TTNB no. (%) |
10 (35) |
7 (50) |
3 (30) |
2 (100) |
|
|
Prematurity no. (%) |
3 (10) |
2 (14) |
2 (20) |
0 (0) |
|
|
Other diagnosis no. (%) |
5 (17) |
4 (29) |
4 (40) |
0 (0) |
|
|
Developed NAS no. (%) |
2 (7) |
7 (50) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.0001 |
|
Length of stay (mean ± SD) |
4 ± 2 |
18 ± 12 |
10 ± 5 |
4 ± 2 |
0.0001 |
|
Breastfed at discharge no. (%) |
47 (42) |
40 (50) |
33 (44) |
18 (44) |
0.8088 |
NAS: Neonatal Abstinence
Syndrome; RDS: Respiratory Distress Syndrome; TTNB: Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn.