Primary dg

Prenatal Care

No Prenatal Care

p-Value

Transferred

from Nursery to NICU

Nursery 1024/10,250 (9.99%)

33/188 (17.55%)

0.0007

Cardiovascular

(PFO, ASD, VSD, PDA)

NICU 13/50 (26%)

Nursery 28/10,250 (0.27%)

0/7 (0%)

1/188 (0.53%)

0.2592

0.4101

RDS

NICU 37/50 (74%)

Nursery 64/10,250 (0.62%)

7/7 (100%)

2/188 (1.06%)

0.2592

0.3341

BPD/CLD

NICU 7/50 (14%)

Nursery 29/10,250 (0.28%)

2/7 (28%)

1/188 (0.53%)

0.3340

0.4208

CNS medications

NICU 9/50 (18%)

Nursery 212/10,250 (2.11%)

0/7 (0%)

16/188 (9.09%)

0.4121

<0.0001

IVH/PVL

NICU 14/50 (28%)

Nursery 8/10,250 (0.08%)

2/7 (28%)

2/188 (1.14%)

0.9749

0.0121

1 min APGAR

NICU 6.2 (sd = 2.4)

Nursery 8.1 (sd = 1.5)

4.0 (sd = 2.9)

7.5 (sd = 2.2)

5 min APGAR

NICU 7.8 (sd = 1.4)

Nursery 8.8 (sd = 1.0)

6.7(sd = 1.8)

8.4 (sd = 1.8)

Birth weight

NICU 1559.8 (sd = 658.0)

Nursery 3192.9 (sd = 622.8)

1105.1 (sd = 300.3)

2748.1 (sd = 839.8)

Respiratory support duration (days)

NICU 24.46 (sd = 42.33)

25.7 (sd = 36.45)

Gestational age

NICU 222.8 (sd = 31.4)

227.0 (sd = 48.7)