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Table 4 Outcomes in first week of life

From: Safety and efficacy of double plastic wrap in reducing insensible water loss in preterm infants in first week of life – a pilot randomized controlled trial from a low-to-middle-income country

Outcome

Single wrap(n = 32)

Double wrap (n = 31)

p value

Received surfactant

16 (50%)

23 (74.19%)

0.086

Repeat surfactant

3 (9.38%)

2 (6.45%)

1

Neonatal skin score£

3(3,4)

4(3,5)

0.181

Moderate/severe hypothermia

1(3.12%)

3 (9.68%)

0.355

Hyperthermia

2(6.25%)

6 (19.35%)

0.148

Lowest recorded temperature§

36.1 ± 0.19

36.1 ± 0.23

0.994

Highest recorded temperature£

36.8(36.8,36.8)

36.8(36.8,37)

0.108

Hypoglycaemia

2 (6.25%)

6 (19.35%)

0.148

Hyperglycemias

15 (46.88%)

12 (38.71%)

0.689

Hyponatremia

18 (56.25%)

19 (61.29%)

0.881

Hypernatremia

3 (9.38%)

1 (3.23%)

0.613

Lowest recorded serum Na§

129.6 ± 5.6

129.9 ± 6.8

0.816

Highest recorded serum Na§

139.4 ± 4.4

138.7 ± 5

0.559

Death in the first week of life

4(12.5%)

4 (12.9%)

1.000

  1. § Values are in mean ± standard deviation. £ Values are in median (1st, 3rd quartile). Rest of the values are in frequencies (percentages)