Skip to main content

Table 2 Delivery Room Management Data

From: Feasibility of combining two individualized lung recruitment maneuvers at birth for very low gestational age infants: a retrospective cohort study

 

VLGAI

29- to 31-wk stratum

ELGAI

Period 1

N = 91

Period 2

N = 72

Period 1

N = 43

Period 2

N = 30

Period 1

N = 48

Period 2

N = 42

SImax, s (median) [1st Qu; 3rd Qu]

2 [2–2]

5 [3–10]

2 [2–2]

5 [3–10]

2 [2–2]

10 [5–10]

PEEPmax, cmH2O (median)

[1st Qu; 3rd Qu]

5 [5–5]

8 [5–10]

5 [5–5]

8 [5–10]

5 [5–5]

10 [7–11]

5 min Apgar score < 5, n (%)

7 (8)

1 (1)

3 (7)

0 (0)

4 (8)

1 (2)

10 min Apgar score < 5, n (%)

1 (1)

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (2)

1 (2)

Intubation in the delivery room, n (%)

68 (75)

26 (36)*##

25 (58)

7 (23) *##

43 (90)

19 (55)*##

Adrenaline administration, n (%)

7 (8)

1 (1)

4 (9)

0 (0)

3 (6)

1 (2)

Chest compressions, n (%)

5 (6)

1 (1)

5 (12)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (2)

Surfactant administration, n (%)

29 (32)

9 (13) *##

3 (7)

4 (13)

26 (54)

5 (12) *##

  1. VLGAI: very low gestational age infants < 32 weeks; ELGAI: extremely low gestational age infants < 29 weeks; SImax: maximal sustained inflation; PEEPmax: maximal positive end-expiratory pressure; *##: p and adjusted p < 0.01