Mortality Risk Factors among Infants Receiving Dialysis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify risk factors associated with mortality for infants receiving dialysis in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Study design

In this retrospective cohort study, we extracted data from the Pediatrix Clinical Data Warehouse on all infants who received dialysis in the NICU from 1999 to 2018. Using a Cox proportional hazards model with robust SEs we estimated the mortality hazard ratios associated with demographics, birth details, medical complications, and treatment exposures.

Results

We identified 273 infants who received dialysis. Median gestational age at birth was 35 weeks (interquartile values 33-37), median birth weight was 2570 g (2000-3084), 8% were small for gestational age, 41% white, and 72% male. Over one-half of the infants (59%) had

SUBMITTER: Sanderson KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8882152 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature