Table 4 Clinical Outcomes for Preterm (<33 weeks) or very low birth weight infants (<1500 g) with and without bCPAP intervention
From: Bubble CPAP to support preterm infants in rural Rwanda: a retrospective cohort study
Recovered/ Discharged | Died | Transferred for care | Outcome unknown | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 89 | N = 35 | N = 3 | N = 8 | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Eligible | ||||||||
bCPAP Initiated (N = 43) | 18 | 41.8 | 21 | 48.8 | 3 | 6.9 | 1 | 2.3 |
bCPAP Not Initiated (N = 23) | 13 | 56.5 | 9 | 39.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.4 |
bCPAP Initiation Unknown (N = 17) | 10 | 58.8 | 4 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17.7 |
Not eligible | ||||||||
bCPAP Initiated (N = 2) | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
bCPAP Not Initiated (N = 46) | 43 | 93.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.5 |
bCPAP Initiation Unknown (N=4) | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |