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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the enrolled subjects

From: Challenges of acute peritoneal dialysis in extremely-low-birth-weight infants: a retrospective cohort study

 

AKI infants with PD (n = 12)

AKI infants without PD (n = 109)

P Value

Gestational age (week), mean ± SD

27.2 ± 3.3

25.7 ± 2.1

0.080

Birth weight (g), mean ± SD

706.5 ± 220.5

681.4 ± 167.3

0.712

Male sex, n (%)

7 (58.3)

59 (54)

0.781

Apgar score at 1 min, median (range)

3 (0–7)

3 (0–7)

0.326

Apgar score at 5 min, median (range)

5 (1–8)

6 (1–9)

0.482

IUGR, n (%)

9 (75)

20 (18.4)

< 0.001

RDS, n (%)

11 (91.7)

106 (97.3)

0.345

Significant PDA, n (%)

6 (50)

46 (42.2)

0.605

Moderate to severe BPD, n (%)

5 (41.7)

48 (44)

0.875

Severe neurologic injury (IVH grade ≥ 3 or PVL), n (%)

8 (66.7)

39 (36)

0.058

NEC (stage ≥2), n (%)

0 (0)

21 (19.3)

0.124

ROP (stage ≥2), n (%)

2 (16.7)

32 (29.4)

0.506

LOS, n (%)

4 (33.3)

36 (33)

1.000

Hospital stay duration (day), mean ± SD

56.1 ± 49.1

81.5 ± 62.7

0.156

Mortality, n (%)

11 (91.7)

37 (34)

< 0.001

  1. SD Standard deviation, PROM Premature rupture of membranes, IUGR Intrauterine growth retardation, RDS Respiratory distress syndrome, PDA Patent ductus arteriosus, BPD Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, IVH Intraventricular hemorrhage, PVL Periventricular leukomalacia, NEC Necrotizing enterocolitis, ROP, Retinopathy of prematurity, LOS Late-onset sepsis