Factors Associated with Treatment Outcome of Preterm Babies at Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana
Table 4
Bivariate analysis of association between treatment outcome and comorbidities at presentation.
Variable
Categories
Discharged
Died
value
(%)
(%)
Sepsis
Yes
13/22 (59.1)
9/22 (40.9)
0.867
No
103/169 (60.9)
66/169 (39.1)
Hypothermia
Yes
65/130 (50.0)
65/130 (50.0)
0.001
No
51/61 (83.6)
10/61 (16.4)
Hypoglycemia
Yes
13/25 (52.0)
12/25 (48.0)
0.338
No
103/166 (62.1)
63/166 (37.9)
RDS
Yes
23/83 (27.7)
60/83 (72.3)
0.001
No
93/108 (86.1)
15/108 (13.9)
Neonatal jaundice
Yes
49/63 (77.8)
14/63 (22.2)
0.001
No
67/128 (52.3)
61/128 (47.7)
Hypothermia & hypoglycemia
Yes
6/19 (31.58)
13/19 (68.42)
0.006
No
119/172 (63.95)
62/172 (36.05)
RDS & hypothermia
Yes
7/26 (26.92)
19/26 (73.08)
0.001
No
109/165 (66.06)
56/165 (33.94)
N = number of patients in a category; = number in a category who died or were discharged.
