Table 2.
Duration of respiratory support and length of hospitalization in NICU.
| Variables (days, mean ± SD) | Classical method (n = 2,181) | InSurE method (n = 295) | LISA method (n = 191) | p-value | Pairwise comparisons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InSurE-LISA | InSurE-Classical | LISA-Classical | |||||
| Duration of invasive ventilator support | 22.36 ± 29.94 | 3.99 ± 11.93 | 8.78 ± 29.32 | <0.001* | 0.014* | <0.001* | <0.001* |
| Duration of noninvasive ventilator support | 26.44 ± 24.41 | 24.78 ± 19.72 | 26.95 ± 20.63 | 0.271 | |||
| Duration of oxygen supply | 6.74 ± 11.97 | 2.97 ± 8.83 | 5.98 ± 11.70 | <0.001* | 0.083 | <0.001* | 0.104 |
| Duration of high flow nasal cannula | 15.31 ± 16.84 | 13.67 ± 14.03 | 13.20 ± 13.66 | 0.768 | |||
| Length of hospitalization | 79.68 ± 48.87 | 64.91 ± 24.07 | 75.91 ± 36.80 | <0.001* | 0.005* | <0.001* | 0.379 |
SD, standard deviation; InSurE, Intubation-Surfactant-Extubation; LISA, less invasive surfactant administration.
*
p-value < 0.05.