Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics, obtained from the nurses’ charts, of 153 very preterm newborns, Aalborg and Aarhus, Denmark 2005
Gestational age (weeks), median (range) | 28 | (24-31) |
Birth weight (g), median (range) | 1128 | (520-2750) |
Gender | ||
Girls, n (%) | 81 | (53) |
Boys, n (%) | 72 | (47) |
Respiratory distress syndrome, n (%)* | 107 | (70) |
Surfactant therapy, n (%) | 51 | (33) |
Oxygen supplementation | ||
n (%) | 98 | (64) |
Length (days), median (range) | 3 | (0-80) |
nCPAP therapy | ||
n (%) | 145 | (95) |
Length (days), median (range) | 13 | (0-72) |
Mechanical ventilation | ||
n (%) | 44 | (29) |
Length (days), median (range) | 0 | (0-35) |