Table 3.
Incidence of Morbidity in VLBW Neonates in Pre- and Post-TOUCH Periods1
| Delivery hospital | Patients | Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia | Intraventricular Hemorrhage | Necrotizing Enterocolitis |
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| TM hospital – non NICU | Pre N=50 | 5 (10.00) | 2 (4.00) | 3 (6.00) |
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| Post N = 27 | 7 (25.93)2 | 5 (18.52)3 | 3 (11.11) | |
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| TM hospital – with NICU | Pre N = 25 | 2 (8.00) | 2 (8.00) | 1 (4.00) |
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| Post N = 33 | 5 (15.15) | 6 (18.18) | 2 (6.06) | |
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| Non-TM hospital – non NICU | Pre N = 90 | 23 (25.56) | 16 (17.78) | 3 (3.33) |
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| Post N = 91 | 19 (20.88) | 19 (20.88) | 7 (7.69) | |
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| Non-TM hospital – with NICU | Pre N= 102 | 24 (23.53) | 29 (28.43) | 4 (3.92) |
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| Post N= 111 | 28 (25.23) | 23 (20.72) | 8 (7.21) | |
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| UAMS | Pre N= 116 | 48 (41.38) | 26 (22.41) | 4 (3.45) |
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| Post N= 122 | 56 (45.90) | 33 (27.05) | 11 (9.02)4 | |
1
Morbidities of VLBW neonates examined during the project included bronchopulmonary dysplasia, intraventricular hemorrhage (grades III and IV), and necrotizing enterocolitis. Comparisons were made pre- and post-TM between TM and non-TM sites with and without a NICU.
2
p=0.066 chi square pre- and post-TM comparison within hospital group
3
p=0.034 chi square pre- and post-TM comparison within hospital group
4
p=0.077 chi square pre- and post-TM comparison within hospital group