Comparison of newborns ≥34 weeks’ gestation returned to parental care or admitted to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
| Returned to parental care (n=128) | Admitted to NICU (n=75) | P value | |
| General characteristics | |||
| Weight (g) | 3629 (3217–3989) | 3455 (2865–3870) | 0.042* |
| Gestational age (weeks) | 40 (39–41) | 40 (38–41) | 0.073* |
| Interventions | |||
| CPAP only | 65 (51%) | 20 (27%) | 0.001† |
| PPV | 63 (49%) | 55 (73%) | 0.001† |
| PPV duration (s) | 77 (40–112) | 202 (90–391) | <0.001* |
| Intubation | 0 | 8 (11%) | <0.001‡ |
| Chest compressions | 2 (2%) | 5 (7%) | 0.066‡ |
| Intravenous access | 0 | 13 (17%) | <0.001‡ |
| Umbilical blood values | |||
| Arterial pH | 7.19 (0.11) | 7.17 (0.12) | 0.166* |
| Arterial base excess | −4.6 (3.1) | −5.9 (4.1) | 0.073* |
| Venous pH | 7.30 (0.09) | 7.26 (0.09) | 0.002* |
| Venous base excess | −5.1 (2.8) | −6.3 (3.5) | 0.023* |
| Apgar scores | |||
| 1 min Apgar | 6 (6–8) | 5 (3–6) | <0.001* |
| 5 min Apgar | 9 (8–9) | 7 (6–8) | <0.001* |
| 10 min Apgar | 9 (9–10) | 8 (7–9) | <0.001* |
Umbilical cord blood values presented as mean (SD). All others presented as n (%). Weight, gestational age, PPV duration and Apgar presented as median (IQR).
*Mann-Whitney.
†χ2.
‡Fisher’s exact test.
CPAP, continuous positive airway pressure; PPV, positive pressure ventilation.