Table 2.
The complications of infants with or without red blood cell transfusion post diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis
| Complications | Red blood cell transfusion post diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| With (n = 60) | Without (n = 182) | P | |
| Congenital heart diseasea, %(n) | 38.3 (23) | 36.3 (66) | 0.773 |
| Pathoglycemia, %(n) | 10.0 (6) | 6.6 (12) | 0.556 |
| Sepsis, %(n) | 55.0 (33) | 21.4 (39) | 0.000 |
| Coagulopathy, %(n) | 23.3 (14) | 36.8 (67) | 0.055 |
| Scleredema neonatorum, %(n) | 5.0 (3) | 5.5 (10) | 1.0 |
| Intracranial hemorrhage, %(n) | 13.3 (8) | 7.1 (13) | 0.14 |
| Metabolic acidosis, %(n) | 8.3 (5) | 2.7 (5) | 0.131 |
| Hemolytic disease of newborn, %(n) | 16.7(10) | 14.8 (27) | 0.732 |
| Asphyxia, %(n) | 1.7 (1) | 4.4 (8) | 0.565 |
| Liver dysfunction, %(n) | 11.7 (7) | 3.8 (7) | 0.053 |
| Renal dysfunction, %(n) | 16.7 (10) | 9.3 (17) | 0.118 |
Congenital heart diseasea: Tiny-to-small PDA or patent foramen ovale were not included