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Table 1 The perinatal-neonatal characteristics of neonatal respiratory failure from all hospitalized patients of regionally livebirth population

From: Outcome of neonatal hypoxemic respiratory failure: a livebirth population-based retrospective survey

 

NRF

Non-NRF

All hospitalized

Case numbersa

788 (9.9)

7172 (90.1)

7960 (100)

GA, weeks

34.6 [31.3, 38.3]

39.0 [37.3, 40.0]***

39.0 [37.0, 40.0]

BW, g

2215 [1600, 3000]

3300 [2900, 3630]***

3250 [2750, 3600]

Maternal major morbidities

 Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy

113 (14.3)

668 (9.3)***

781 (9.8)

 Gestational diabetes mellitus

29 (3.7)

221 (3.1)

250 (3.1)

 Anemia

156 (19.8)

1019 (14.2)***

1175 (14.8)

 Premature rupture of membrane

220 (27.9)

1071 (14.9)***

1291 (16.2)

 Antenatal steroids

302 (38.3)

635 (8.9)***

937 (11.8)

 Placenta abnormality

95 (12.1)

252 (3.5)***

347 (4.4)

 Umbilical cord abnormality

91 (11.5)

593 (8.3)**

684 (8.6)

 Fetal distress

31 (3.9)

74 (1.0)***

105 (1.3)

Delivery status

 Cesarean delivery

494 (62.7)

3671 (51.2)***

4165 (52.3)

 Amniotic fluid contamination

117 (14.8)

842 (11.7)*

959 (12.0)

 Multiple births

111 (14.1)

438 (6.1)***

549 (6.9)

 Male

476 (60.4)

4027 (56.1)*

4503 (56.6)

 Preterm

528 (67.0)

1413 (19.7)***

1941 (24.4)

 Low BW

453 (57.5)

905 (12.6)***

1358 (17.1)

 SGA

44 (5.6)

370 (5.2)

414 (5.2)

 Apgar 5 min < 7

96 (12.2)

65 (0.9)***

161 (2.0)

 DR resuscitation

221 (28.0)

396 (5.5)***

617 (7.8)

 Born in level III hospitals

557 (70.7)

2841 (39.6)***

3398 (42.7)

Perinatal morbidities

 Congenital anomalies

146 (18.5)

426 (5.9)***

572 (7.2)

  Congenital heart diseases

100 (12.7)

202 (2.8)***

302 (3.8)

  Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

5 (0.6)

1 (0.0)***

6 (0.1)

 Asphyxia

397 (50.4)

797 (11.1)***

1194 (15.0)

 Intraventricular hemorrhage (III-IV)

114 (14.5)

329 (4.6)***

443 (5.6)

 Respiratory distress syndrome

287 (36.4)

26 (3.2)***

313 (3.9)

 Meconium aspiration syndrome

13 (1.6)

10 (0.1)***

23 (0.3)

 Congenital pneumonia

626 (79.4)

1983 (27.6)***

2609 (32.8)

 Early-onset sepsis

223 (28.3)

595 (8.3)***

818 (10.3)

 Patent ductus arteriosus

75 (9.5)

111 (1.5)***

186 (2.3)

In-hospital care and outcome

 Admitted to level III hospitals

776 (98.5)

4187 (58.4)***

4963 (62.3)

 Admitted on PND 1

697 (88.5)

2749 (38.3)***

1115 (14.0)

 Intensive care

53 (6.7)

1323 (18.4)***

3446 (43.3)

 Critical care

733 (93.0)

382 (5.3)***

1376 (17.3)

 Surfactant

219 (27.8)

20 (0.3)***

239 (3.0)

 CPAP

637 (80.8)

276 (3.8)***

913 (11.5)

 MV

348 (44.2)

28 (0.4)***

376 (4.7)

 Postnatal steroids

124 (15.7)

135 (1.9)***

259 (3.3)

 Antibiotics

750 (95.2)

5638 (78.6)***

6388 (80.3)

 Length of hospital stay, d

17 [11, 27]

7 [4, 10]***

7 [5, 11]

 Cost of stay, CNY, ×103

19 [12, 34]

5 [3, 8]***

6 [4, 9]

 In-hospital death

145 (18.4)

23 (0.3)***

168 (2.1)

  0–6 (PND)

95 (12.1)

13 (0.2)***

108 (1.4)

  7–27

40 (5.1)

10 (0.1)***

50 (0.6)

  ≥ 28

10 (1.3)

0***

10 (0.1)

  Withdrawal of treatment

81 (10.3)

17 (0.2)***

98 (1.2)

  1. All values are presented as median [interquartile range, IQR] or n (%) referring to total number in each column unless otherwise indicated
  2. Abbreviations: NRF Neonatal respiratory failure, GA Gestational age, BW Birthweight, SGA Small for GA, DR Delivery room, PND Postnatal day(s), CNY Chinese Yuan
  3. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 and ***P < 0.001 vs. NRF
  4. aNumbers refer to the total hospitalized patients (7960) from 59,056 livebirths