Table 1 Demographics and neonatal characteristics of cohort.
From: Managing established bronchopulmonary dysplasia without using routine blood gas measurements
Number | 485 |
|---|---|
Maternal age (years) | 29 (24–33) |
Maternal Ethnicity - Hispanic or Latino | 19 (4) |
Maternal race | |
American Indian or Alaskan native | 1 (0.2) |
Asian | 14 (3) |
Black | 144 (30) |
Native Hawaiian or pacific islander | 1 (0.2) |
White | 307 (63) |
Other | 18 (4) |
Complete antenatal steroids | 319/400 (80) |
Maternal chorioamnionitis | 87 (18) |
Cesarean delivery | 347 (72) |
Male | 299 (62) |
Gestational age (weeks) | 26 (24–27) |
Birth weight (grams) | 770 (615–975) |
Birth Length (cm) | 32 (30–35) |
Birth head circumference (cm) | 23 (22–25) |
Small for gestational age | 88 (19) |
Intubated in delivery room | 335 (69) |
Surfactant doses | 2 (1-2) |
PMA on admission to NCH (weeks) | 29 (27–35) |
Grade 3 BPD | 110 (23) |
No blood gases after 36 weeks PMA | 303 (62) |
