Meconium obstruction in absence of cystic fibrosis in low birth weight infants: an emerging challenge from increasing survival

Table 3 Impact of patients' characteristics on management and outcome

	Responding to Enema	Requiring Surgery	p	Survived	Dead	p
No of cases	32	23		45	10
Mean BW (g)	2699	1171	< 0.0001	2360	830	< 0.0001
Mean GA (w)	36	28	< 0.0001	26.6	34,6	< 0.0001
CS (cases)	17	12	ns	20	9	0.012
Prenatal Maternal Risk Factors (cases)	5	8	ns	4	9	< 0.0001
Inborn/Outborn	10/22	3/20	n.s.	13/32	0/10	< 0.05

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