Table 3.
Cause of death in periviable neonates ≤500 g.
| Diagnosis | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Respiratory Distress Syndrome | 29 (9%) |
| Bacterial Sepsis | 25 (7%) |
| Lethal Anomalies | 17 (5%) |
| Intraventricular hemorrhage, grade 3 or 4 | 7 (2%) |
| Pulmonary hemorrhage | 5 (2%) |
| Pneumonia | 2 (1%) |
| Necrotizing enterocolitis | 2 (1%) |
| Uncertain diagnosis beyond periviability* | 269 (80%) |
*We used the Chi-Square statistic to examine the proportion of neonates with a diagnosis for their death versus those where the diagnosis was uncertain beyond periviability. The Chi-Square statistic with Yates correction was 184.0506. The p-value was significant at p < 0.05.