Table 1 Patient Demographics and clinical characteristics.
No PDA (n = 35) | hsPDA left-to-right (n = 34) | PDA bidirectional (n = 17) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Male (percentage) | 22 (62.9) | 15 (44.1) | 7 (41.2) | 0.195 |
Birth weight (grams) | 783 [560, 998] | 765 [642, 1005] | 668 [470, 1095] | 0.764 |
Gestational age (weeks) | 26.1 ± 2.5 | 26.1 ± 2.1 | 25.6 ± 3 | 0.841 |
Intrauterine growth restriction | 8 (22.9) | 2 (5.9) | 4 (23.5) | 0.107 |
Small for gestational age | 13 (37.1) # | 4 (11.8) * | 6 (35.3) | 0.040 |
Large for gestational age | 0 (0) | 1 (2.9) | 3 (17.6) | 0.015 |
Antenatal steroids | 0.265 | |||
-None | 3 (8.6) | 7 (20.6) | 2 (11.8) | |
-Incomplete | 9 (25.7) | 13 (38.2) | 4 (23.5) | |
-Complete | 23 (65.7) | 14 (41.2) | 11 (64.7) | |
Cesarean section | 23 (65.7) | 23 (67.6) | 12 (70.6) | 0.939 |
Apgar at 1 minute | 4 [3,5] | 4 [1,6] | 4 [2,5] | 0.420 |
Apgar at 5 minutes | 7 [7,8] | 7 [4,8] | 6 [5,7] | 0.036 |
