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Table 4 Neonatal therapeutic interventions

From: Incidence and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in three neonatal intensive care units in Palestine

Variable

No ROP %

(n = 88)

ROP % (n = 27)

P value

Blood transfusion

48 (54.5%)

23 (85.2%)

0.016*

Surfactant

34 (38.6%)

13 (48.1%)

0.65

Total days on non-mechanical ventilation

9.5 ± 10.3

20.8 ± 18.1

< 0.0010*

Total days on mechanical ventilation

3.1 ± 10.0

10.8 ± 19.2

0.0070*

Total days on oxygen supplement

12.6 ± 15.9

31.6 ± 23.8

< 0.0010*

  1. % within (ROP/no ROP) groups
  2. *significant at p value less than 0.05