Table 4.

Mortality and co-morbidities between study groups.

Parameters	Infants with hsPDA (n = 30)	Infants without PDA (n = 18)	p-value
IVH ≥ Grade 3, 3rd day, n (%)	15 (50)	1 (6)	<0.001
IVH ≥ Grade 3, 7th day, n (%)	17 (57)	1 (6)	<0.001
NEC ≥ stage II, n (%)	7 (23)	2 (11)	0.31
BPD (moderate-severe), n (%)	12 (40)	7 (39)	0.53
Late sepsis, n (%)	12 (40)	12 (67)	0.08
ROP, n (%)	19 (63)	13 (72)	0.26
Mortality, n (%)	16 (53)	0	<0.001

BPD, bronchopulmonary dysplasia; IVH, intraventricular hemorrhage; NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis; ROP, retinopathy of prematurity.