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Table 1 Very Low Gestational Age Infants < 32 weeks GA Population Characteristics

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

 

Period 1

(2014/2015)

N = 91

Period 2

(2016)

N = 72

Female, n (%)

41 (45)

30 (42)

Gestational age, weeks (median) [1st Qu; 3rd Qu]

28 [27;30]

28 [27;30]

Birth weight, g (median) [1st Qu; 3rd Qu]

1030 [850;1356]

1028 [879;1344]

IUGR, n (%)

21 (23)

17 (24)

Cesarean Section, n (%)

53 (58)

53 (74)

Premature birth causes, n (%)

- Chorioamnionitis

28 (31)

14 (19)

- Pre-eclampsia + abnormal FHR

38 (42)

41 (57)

- Other

12 (13)

9 (13)

- Idiopathic

13 (14)

8 (11)

Antenatal corticosteroids, n (%):

- None

15 (17)

8 (11)

- One dose

21 (23)

12 (17)

- Two doses

55 (60)

52 (72)

  1. GA Gestational age, IUGR Intrauterine growth restriction (< 3rd percentile), FHR Fetal heart rate; No significant difference between period 1 and 2