TABLE 4.
Temporizing management | Immediate delivery |
Relative risk (95% CI) |
P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 31) | (n = 30) | |||
Neonatal death | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 0.97 (0.06‐14.8) | .98 a |
Admission neonate to intensive care unit | 29 (94%) | 30 (100%) | 0.94 (0.85‐1.02) | 1.00 a |
Indication for NICU admission: | ||||
Hypoglycemia | 2 (6%) | 0 (0%) | — | — |
Respiratory distress syndrome | 13 (42%) | 9 (29%) | 0.69 (0.35‐1.38) | .30 |
Necrotizing enterocolitis (>stage 1) | 2 (6%) | 1 (3%) | 0.50 (0.05‐5.23) | 1.00 a |
Neonatal infection/sepsis | 5 (16%) | 6 (19%) | 1.20 (0.41‐3.52) | 1.00 a |
Intraventricular hemorrhage (>grade 2) | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 1.00 (0.07‐15.3) | 1.00 a |
Periventricular leukomalacia (>grade 1) | 1 (3%) | 3 (10%) | 3.00 (0.33‐7.29) | .61 a |
Adverse perinatal outcome | 16 (52%) | 17 (55%) | 1.06 (0.67‐1.70) | .80 |
NICU, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Fisher's exact test.