Table 4 Treatment outcomes of neonates treated by high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV).
Treatment outcomes | Term and late-preterm infants with acute respiratory failure | Rescue therapy for premature infants | Elective use of HFOV | Air leak | Patients with secondary pulmonary hypertension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good response | 94 (58.4) | 314 (61.9) | 276 (90.2) | 61 (62.2) | 10 (18.9) |
Partial response | 28 (17.4) | 71 (14.0) | 15 (4.9) | 13 (13.3) | 16 (30.2) |
Partial response and then failure | 7 (4.3) | 36 (7.1) | 9 (2.9) | 5 (5.1) | 7 (13.2) |
Failure | 32 (19.9) | 86 (17.0) | 6 (2.0) | 19 (19.4) | 20 (37.7) |
Progress to BPD* | 17/154 (11.0) | 252/443 (56.9) | 191/276 (69.2) | 32/95 (33.7) | — |
Duration of HFOV (days) | 4.0 (2.0–6.0) | 5.0 (3.0–19.0) | 8.0 (3.0–27.0) | 4.5 (3.0–8.0) | 9.0 (3.5–28.5) |
Duration of intubation (days) | 5.0 (2.0–10.0) | 23.0 (4.0–50.0) | 32.0 (10.8–54.3) | 7.0 (3.5–39.0) | 57.0 (32.5–91.3) |
Duration of mechanical ventilation (days) | 9.0 (6.0–17.0) | 40.0 (12.0–73.0) | 53.0 (24.0–75.3) | 10.0 (5.0–54.0) | 76.0 (43.5–132.0) |
30-day mortality | 40 (24.8) | 154 (30.4) | 35 (11.4) | 24 (24.5) | 31 (58.5) |
