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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Perinatol. 2022 Nov 30;41(Suppl 1):e1075–e1083. doi: 10.1055/a-1990-8571

Table 1.

Infant Characteristics by Occurrence of Scheduled Neonatal Follow-Up Program Telemedicine Visit (March 13, 2021-July 31, 2021)

Total (N=678) Scheduled visit occurred (N=490) Scheduled visit did not occur (N=188) P-value
n (%) or mean (standard deviation)
Infant Sex (% female) 306 (45.1%) 215 (43.9%) 91 (48.4%) 0.330
Birthweight, grams 1690.4 (954.9) 1696.9 (953.4) 1672.0 (961.9) 0.771
Gestational age at birth, weeks 31.2 (4.9) 31.2 (4.8) 31.0 (5.1) 0.525
Corrected Age at Visit
Corrected age < 4.5 months 141 (20.8%) 108 (22.0%) 33 (17.6%) .2367
Corrected age > 4.5 months 537 (79.2%) 382 (78.0%) 155 (82.4%)
Equipment required at discharge 0.162
None 555 (81.9% 408 (83.3%) 147 (78.2%)
Apnea Monitor 16 (2.4%) 11 (2.2%) 5 (2.7%)
Pulse Oximetry 43 (6.3%) 32 (6.5%) 11 (5.9%)
Other* 64 (9.4%) 39 (8.0%) 25 (13.3%)
*

Other includes feed-related equipment such as gastrostomy tubes and nasogastric tubes, as well as adaptive equipment such as splints.