Disconnection of the respiratory support
| Infants with respiratory support (n=34) | ELBW (n=13) | Non-ELBW (n=21) | P value*† | |
| Intubation (s) | 12 (7–21) | 10 (6–19) | 17 (14–20) | 0.310 |
| nCPAP (s) | 104 (48–161) | 23 (20–68) | 125 (67–157) | 0.010 |
| P value†‡ | 0.000 | 0.022 | 0.023 |
Data given are median and (IQR) for infants who needed respiratory support.
*Mann-Whitney-U-test looking at the influence of birth weight within one respiratory support strategy on the duration of disconnection.
†Significance was set to p<0.0125 on the basis of Bonferroni correction.
‡Mann-Whitney-U-test looking at the influence of a certain respiratory support strategy on the duration of disconnection.
ELBW, extremely low birth weight.