Table 1.
Characteristics of the 293 studied infants, n (%) unless stated otherwise
| Males | 142 (48) |
| Birth weight (g): median (range) | 1130 (450-1860) |
| Gestational age (mean, SD) | 28.7 (2.8) |
| Mode of delivery | |
| Vaginal delivery | 53 (18) |
| Cesarean section | 240 (82) |
| Maternal steroids | 217 (74) |
| Intraventricular hemorrhage | |
| Grade 1 | 16 (5) |
| Grade 2 | 10 (3) |
| Grade 3 | 13 (5) |
| Grade 4 | 16 (5) |
| Periventricular leukomalacia | 12 (4) |
| Necrotizing enterocolitis | 30 (10) |
| Patent ductus arteriosus | |
| Tiny | 34 (11) |
| Moderate | 39 (13) |
| Large | 25 (8) |
| Sepsis | |
| Clinical sepsis | 61 (21) |
| Sepsis with normotension | 24 (8) |
| Sepsis with hypotension | 26 (9) |
| Duration of mechanical ventilation (d): median (range) | 3 (1-410) |
| Surgery required | 22 (7) |
| Inotrope use | 59 (20) |
| Ibuprofen use | 63 (21) |
| Vancomycin use | 84 (29) |
| Gentamycin use | 203 (69) |
| Post natal Steroids use | 38 (13) |
| Umbilical arterial catheter use | 158 (54) |
| Oliguria | |
| < 0.5 mL/kg per hour for 6 h | 3 (1) |
| < 0.3 mL/kg per hour for 24 h | 10 (3) |
| Hypotension | 58 (20) |
| Normal saline intravenous bolus | 50 (17) |
| Furosemide | 12 (4) |
| Duration of hospital stay (d): median (range) | 49 (1-480) |
| Acute kidney injury | |
| Stage 1 | 6 (2) |
| Stage 2 | 12 (4) |
| Stage 3 | 16 (5) |
| Mortality | 46 (17) |