The characteristics of resuscitated newborns at Stavanger University Hospital by gestational age (GA) and in total
| GA <28 | GA 28–33 | GA 34–36 | GA 37–41 | Ga ≥42 | Total | ||||||||
| n=12 | n=39 | n=14 | n=177 | n=13 | n=255 | ||||||||
| Characteristics of newborns | |||||||||||||
| Weight (g) | 790 | (743–899) | 1485 | (1325–1804) | 2545 | (2190–2970) | 3566 | (3142–3946) | 3746 | (3654–3924) | 3310 | (2375–3832) | |
| Male gender | 8 | (67%) | 23 | (59%) | 10 | (71%) | 105 | (59%) | 7 | (54%) | 153 | (60%) | |
| Apgar scores | |||||||||||||
| 1 min Apgar | 5 | 4–7 | 7 | 6–8 | 6 | 5–8 | 6 | 5–7 | 5 | 4–7 | 6 | 5–7 | |
| 5 min Apgar | 8 | 7–8 | 8 | 7–9 | 8 | 7–8 | 8 | 7–9 | 7 | 7–9 | 8 | 7–9 | |
| 10 min Apgar | 8 | 7–9 | 9 | 8–9 | 8 | 7–8 | 9 | 8–10 | 9 | 8–10 | 9 | 8–10 | |
| Umbilical blood values* | |||||||||||||
| Arterial pH | (n=198) | 7.35 | (0.05) | 7.32 | (0.13) | 7.25 | (0.08) | 7.18 | (0.14) | 7.16 | (0.1) | 7.20 | (0.13) |
| Arterial BE | (n=194) | −2.5 | (1.2) | −2.7 | (3.5) | −2.6 | (1.9) | −5.2 | (3.5) | −4.7 | (4.9) | −4.7 | (3.6) |
| Venous pH | (n=232) | 7.34 | (0.10) | 7.37 | (0.13) | 7.31 | (0.10) | 7.28 | (0.11) | 7.27 | (0.1) | 7.29 | (0.14) |
| Venous BE | (n=229) | −4.3 | (1.9) | −1.9 | (2.6) | −3.7 | (3.0) | −5.8 | (3.8) | −4.9 | (2.5) | −5.0 | (3.4) |
| Characteristics of births | |||||||||||||
| Vaginal | 5 | (42%) | 13 | (33%) | 7 | (50%) | 115 | (65%) | 7 | (54%) | 147 | (58%) | |
| Planned caesarean section | 2 | (17%) | 5 | (13%) | 1 | (7%) | 4 | (2%) | 0 | 12 | (5%) | ||
| Acute caesarean section | 5 | (42%) | 21 | (54%) | 6 | (43%) | 58 | (33%) | 6 | (46%) | 96 | (38%) | |
| Breech | 6 | (50%) | 10 | (26%) | 5 | (36%) | 14 | (8%) | 1 | (8%) | 36 | (14%) | |
| Vacuum | 0 | 1 | (3%) | 1 | (7%) | 60 | (34%) | 5 | (38%) | 67 | (26%) | ||
| Forceps | 0 | 0 | 1 | (7%) | 11 | (6%) | 0 | 12 | (5%) | ||||
| Induced labour | 0 | 1 | (3%) | 1 | (7%) | 59 | (33%) | 7 | (54%) | 68 | (27%) | ||
The table shows the characteristics of the 255 newborns for which consent was provided to access further details. Weight and Apgar given as median (IQR). Umbilical cord blood values given as mean (SD). All others presented as n (percentage of resuscitated newborns in the same group).
*Umbilical blood samples were not available for all patients.
BE, base excess.