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Table 2 Main complications in very low birth weight infants in the two time periods

From: Breastfeeding and human milk bank in a neonatal intensive care unit: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in an Italian cohort of very low birth weight infants

 

2017 – 2019

(n = 101)

2020 – 2021

(n = 67)

P-value

PDAn (%)

23 (22.8)

22 (32.8)

0.15

BPDn (%)

24 (23.8)

15 (22.4)

0.84

Sepsisn (%)

6 (5.9)

4 (6.0)

0.99

Cholestasisn (%)

6 (5.9)

2 (3.0)

0.48

ROP grade > grade 2n (%)

15 (14.9)

7 (10.5)

0.41

IVH grade 1-2, cerebellar haemorrhagen(%)

13 (12.9)

13 (19.4)

0.25

  1. BPD bronchopulmonary dysplasia, IVH intraventricular haemorrhage, PDApatent ductus arteriosus, ROP retinopathy of prematurity