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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of admitted neonates in three Indonesian NICUs within three days of life

From: Early-onset neonatal sepsis and antibiotic use in Indonesia: a descriptive, cross-sectional study

Characteristics†

National Hospital

(n = 802)

Provincial Hospital

(n = 879)

District Hospital

(n = 884)

Total

(n = 2,565)

Neonatal data

GA at delivery, weeks, n (%) (n = 2,433)

 > 41

3 (0.4)

7 (0.8)

15 (1.8)

25 (1.0)

 > 37—< 41

346 (44.4)

495 (59.7)

704 (85.4)

1,546 (63.5)

 > 32—< 37

329 (42.2)

237 (28.6)

81 (9.8)

647 (26.6)

 < 32

101 (13.0)

90 (10.9)

24 (2.9)

215 (8.8)

 Mean (SD)

35.4 (3.6)

36.4 (3.6)

38.5 (2.5)

36.8 (3.5)

Birth weight, grams, n (%) (n = 2,526)

 > 2,500

325 (42.3)

456 (51.9)

652 (74.3)

1.433 (56.7)

 1,500 – 2,499

302 (39.3)

319 (36.3)

202 (23.0)

823 (32.6)

 1,000 – 1,499

112 (14.6)

76 (8.7)

17 (1.9)

205 (8.1)

 < 1,000

30 (3.9)

28 (3.2)

7 (0.8)

65 (2.6)

 Mean (SD)

2,288.2 (817.5)

2,505.2

(789.4)

2,805.2 (592.7)

2,543.4 (765.6)

Gender, n (%) (n = 2,553)

 Male

433 (54.5)

457 (52.2)

461 (52.1)

1,351 (52.9)

 Female

361 (45.5)

418 (47.8)

423 (47.9)

1,202 (47.1)

Admission type, n (%) (n = 2,491)

 Inborn

743 (95.4)

755 (88.7)

844 (98)

2,342 (94.0)

 Outborn

36 (4.6)

96 (11.3)

17 (2.0)

149 (6.0)

Apgar score at 5 min, n (%) (n = 2,450)

 > 7

633 (82.1)

743 (90.1)

796 (93.2)

2,172 (88.7)

 < 7

138 (17.9)

82 (9.9)

58 (6.8)

278 (11.3)

Resuscitation (n = 1,196 in 2,488)

Invasive procedures, n (%)

 Oro/nasogastric tube

648 (80.8)

450 (51.2)

212 (24.0)

1,310 (51.1)

 Exchange/blood transfusion

69 (8.6)

151 (17.2)

6 (0.7)

226 (9.0)

 Urine catheter

18 (2.2)

16 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

34 (1.3)

 Endotracheal tube

12 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

12 (0.5)

  1. †Percentage for each characteristic was calculated from study population (mothers or neonates as specified) after excluding cases with missing data or where the variable was coded as ‘unknown’.