Adherence to the neonatal resuscitation algorithm for preterm infants in a tertiary hospital in Spain

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Subgroups in our study

Characteristic	Group N (staff neonatologists) (n = 18)	Group P (pediatricians oncall) (n = 32)	P^d
GA (weeks, SD) (range)	29⁴ ± 1⁶ (25⁵–31⁶)	29³ ± 1⁴ (26⁰–31⁶)	NS (0.90)^a
Male (%)	8/18 (44.4)	18/32 (56.2)	NS (0.61)^b
BW (g, SD) (range)	1091 ± 418 (460–1900)	1232 ± 333 (720–2015)	NS (0.20)^a
RS (possible points) (range)	12.66 ± 4.39 (6–20)	13.96 ± 3.71 (6–20)	NS (0.29)^c

Group N Staff Neonatologists, group P Pediatricians On-call, GA Gestational Age, SD Standard Deviation, BW Birth Weight, RS Resuscitation Score. ^aPaired T-test, ^bChi-square, ^cMann-Whitney U test, ^dIndicates significance at the P < 0.05 level. NS: non-significant

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