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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients

From: Early echocardiographic pulmonary artery measurements as prognostic indicators in left congenital diaphragmatic hernia

 

Survival

(n = 53)

Deceased or ECMO

(n = 19)

P-value

Gestational age (weeks)

38.0 ± 1.9

37.9 ± 1.3

0.405

Birth weight (g)

2947 ± 505

3011 ± 517

0.808

Male, n (%)

33 (62.3%)

10 (52.6%)

0.587

Small for gestational age, n (%)

3 (5.8%)

2 (10.5%)

0.605

o/e LHR (%)

58.7 ± 18.9

36. 4 ± 10.2

0.000

Liver herniation, n (%)

10 (18.9%)

15 (78.9%)

0.000

Patch repair, n (%)

20 (37.7%)

12/12 (100%)

0.000

EF (%)

70.4 ± 11.4

39.2 ± 16.47

0.000

MPA diameter (mm)

8.00 ± 1.14

8.86 ± 1.17

0.002

RPA diameter (mm)

3.98 ± 0.75

3.27 ± 0.64

0.000

LPA diameter (mm)

3.53 ± 0.65

2.34 ± 0.52

0.000

  1. Data were presented as mean ± standard deviation or number (percentage)
  2. ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; EF, ejection fraction; LPA, left pulmonary artery; MPA, main pulmonary artery; o/e LHR, observed/expected lung-to-head ratio; RPA, right pulmonary artery