Table 2 Delivery room characteristics.

From: Association between initial ventilation mode and hospital outcomes for severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Characteristic

n(%), Median (IQR)

p-value

CMV (n = 85)

HFOV (n = 75)

1 min Apgar

5 (2, 7)

5 (4, 7)

0.13

5 min Apgar

8 (6, 9)

8 (6, 8)

0.83

Time to Pre-ductal SpO2 > 85% (min)

11.0 (7.0, 17.8)

10.5 (7.0, 21.3)

0.68

Time to HR > 100 beats per min (min)

3.0 (1.0, 5.0)

3.0 (2.0, 6.0)

0.17

Last FiO2 in delivery room

80 (50, 100)

80 (50, 100)

0.75

Fentanyl given in delivery room

65 (76.5)

61 (81.3)

0.56

Vecuronium given in delivery room

17 (20.0)

37 (49.3)

0.001

Normal saline bolus given in delivery room

38 (44.7)

34 (45.3)

0.99

Time placed on ventilator after birth (min)

3.0 (2.0, 5.0)

10.0 (7.0, 18.0)

<0.001

Time in delivery room (min)

60.0 (53.0, 74.0)

65.0 (59.0, 83.0)

0.003

Ventilator settings in the delivery room

CMV

HFOV

PIP (cm H2O)

25 (20, 25)

MAP (cm H2O)

13 (12, 13)

PEEP (cm H2O)

5 (5, 6)

Amplitude (cm H2O)

33 (30, 36)

Rate (breaths/min

50 (40, 60)

Frequency (Hz)

7 (6, 8)

  1. Bold values indicate statistical significance.