Admission Hypothermia and Factors Associated with Mortality among Admitted Hypothermic Preterm Neonates in Neonatal Intensive Care Units of Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 2

Cross-tabulation showing the clinical and treatment characteristics of babies with outcomes of hypothermic preterm babies in Addis Ababa public hospitals, 2022.

Variables	Categories	Outcomes of hypothermic preterm babies ()		Total, (%)	test	value
		Discharged, (%)	Died, (%)
Respiratory distress	Yes	109 (62.6)	143 (91.1)	252 (76.1)	36.73	<0.01
	No	65 (37.4)	14 (8.9)	79 (23.9)
Suspected sepsis	Yes	133 (76.4)	145 (92.4)	278 (83.9)	15.55	<0.01
	No	41 (23.6)	12 (7.6)	53 (16.1)
Perinatal asphyxia	Yes	15 (8.6)	54 (34.4)	69 (20.9)	33.23	<0.01
	No	159 (91.4)	103 (65.6)	262 (79.1)
Necrotizing enterocolitis	Yes	9 (5.2)	75 (47.8)	84 (25.4)	79.08	<0.01
	No	165 (94.8)	82 (52.2)	247 (74.6)
Proven sepsis	Yes	20 (11.5)	63 (40.1)	83 (25.1)	36.01	<0.01
	No	154 (88.5)	94 (59.9)	248 (74.9)
Hyperbilirubinemia	Yes	80 (45.9)	97 (61.8)	177 (53.5)	8.29	0.004
	No	94 (54.1)	60 (38.2)	154 (46.5)
Recurrent hypoglycemia	Yes	13 (7.5)	11 (7.1)	24 (7.3)	0.02	0.871
	No	161 (92.5)	146 (92.9)	307 (92.7)
Thrombocytopenia	Yes	23 (13.2)	99 (63.1)	122 (36.9)	88.08	<0.01
	No	151 (86.8)	58 (36.9)	209 (63.1)
Kangaroo mother care	No	123 (70.7)	127 (80.9)	250 (75.5)	4.64	0.031
	Yes	51 (29.3)	30 (19.1)	81 (24.5)
Respiratory support	CPAP	68 (39.1)	143 (91.1)	211 (63.7)	96.83	<0.01
	Oxygen	90 (51.7)	13 (8.3)	103 (31.2)
	No any	16 (9.2)	1 (0.6)	17 (5.14)
Antibiotics	Yes	156 (89.7)	155 (98.7)	311 (93.9)	11.96	<0.01
	No	18 (10.3)	2 (1.3)	20 (6.1)

NB: -; CPAP: continuous positive airway pressure.