Table 1 Demographics and outcomes of VLBW infants treated at the MRRH NNU
Characteristic | Pre-bCPAP period | Post-bCPAP period | P value, pre vs. post |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of VLBW patients | 158 | 219 | – |
Respiratory support | |||
- Oxygen only, N(%) | 99 (62.7) | 114 (52.1) | – |
- bCPAP, N(%) | 0 (0) | 56 (25.6) | – |
- Median (IQR) total days on oxygen and bCPAP (any respiratory support) | 1 (0, 2) | 2 (1, 4) | 0.0000 |
Male sex (%) | 64 (41.5) | 107 (48.9) | 0.25 |
Weight [g] | |||
- Median (IQR) | 1230 (1070, 1370) | 1210 (1050, 1346) | 0.56 |
- Range | 600–1490 | 480–1490 | |
- VLBW (1000-1499 g) | 130/158 (82.3) | 183/219 (83.6) | |
- ELBW (< 1000 g) | 28/158 (17.2) | 36/219 (16.4) | |
Mother’s age [years] | |||
- Median (IQR) | 23.5 (20, 30) | 22 (19, 27) | 0.17 |
Place of delivery (%) | |||
- Hospital | 89 (56.3) | 126 (57.5) | |
- Health Centre | 36 (22.8) | 69 (31.5) | |
- Private clinic | 2 (1.3) | 9 (4.1) | |
- Home | 17 (10.8) | 13 (5.9) | |
- Other | 9 (5.7) | 0 (0) | |
- Unknown | 5 | 2 (0.9) | |
Type of delivery (%) | |||
- SVD | 129 (81.6) | 189 (86.3) | |
- Elective CS | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0) | |
- Emergency CS | 25 (15.8) | 30 (13.7) | |
- Unknown | 3 (1.9) | 0 | |
Resuscitation at birth | |||
- Yes (%) | 51 (32.3) | 91 (41.6) | 0.13 |
Admission vitals | |||
- Temp [°C, mean ± SD) | 35.2 ± 1.4 | 35.2 ± 1.2 | 0.98 |
- Heart rate [beats per min, median (IQR)] | 139 (115, 152) | 135.5 (119, 146) | 0.31 |
- Oxygen saturations [%],median (IQR)] | 89 (80, 93) | 87 (76, 93) | 0.21 |
- Subcostal recession | 47/158 (29.8) | 98/219 (44.8) | 0.004 |
- Severe respiratory distress (sternal recession or grunting) | 63/158 (39.9) | 96/219 (43.8) | 0.461 |
- Apnoea | 16/158 (10.1) | 24/219 (11.0) | 0.866 |