Table 1 The types of active care and neurodevelopmental outcomes categorized by gestational age.
Infants, number (%) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 wk | n | 23 wk | n | 24 wk | n | 25 wk | n | Total | n | |
Active care | ||||||||||
One or two doses of antenatal steroids | 6 (100) | 6 | 17 (77) | 22 | 11 (79) | 14 | 11 (73) | 15 | 45 (79) | 57 |
Cesarean delivery | 3 (50) | 6 | 19 (86) | 22 | 14 (100) | 14 | 13 (87) | 15 | 49 (86) | 57 |
Tracheal intubation | 6 (100) | 6 | 22 (100) | 22 | 14 (100) | 14 | 15 (100) | 15 | 57 (100) | 57 |
Surfactant treatment | 6 (100) | 6 | 21 (95) | 22 | 14 (100) | 14 | 14 (93) | 15 | 55 (96) | 57 |
Survival rate | ||||||||||
at discharge | 5 (83) | 6 | 19 (86) | 22 | 13 (93) | 14 | 14 (93) | 15 | 52 (91) | 57 |
at corrected 18 months | 5 (83) | 6 | 18 (86) | 21 | 13 (93) | 14 | 13 (93) | 14 | 50 (90) | 55 |
Neurodevelopmental assessment at corrected 18 months | ||||||||||
Normal DQ | 2 (50) | 4 | 9 (50) | 18 | 5 (42) | 12 | 10 (77) | 13 | 26 (55) | 47 |
