Table 1.
Patient demographics
| Parameter | Survivors | Nonsurvivors | P value |
| Number of patients | 34 | 19 | |
| Age (months)a | 9.5 (0–158) | 14.0 (0–169) | Not significant |
| Weight (kg)a | 6.7 (2.6–30.0) | 10.0 (1.7–86.0) | Not significant |
| Male | 20 (58.8%) | 7 (36.8%) | Not significant |
| Pediatric Index of Mortality score (%)a | 2.8 (0.2–54.5) | 3.9 (0.6–97.7) | Not significant |
| Cause of respiratory insufficiency | |||
| Diffuse alveolar disease | 18 (52.9%) | 14 (73.7%) | |
| Acute respiratory distree syndrome | 10 (29.4%) | 7 (36.8%) | |
| Pneumonia | 8 (23.6%) | 6 (31.6%) | |
| Aspiration | 0 | 1 (5.3%) | |
| Small airway disease | 15 (44.2%) | 2 (10.5%) | |
| Bronchiolitis | 15 (44.1%) | 2 (10.5%) | |
| Different | 1 (2.9%) | 3 (15.8%) | |
| Duration of conventional mechanical ventilation before transition (hours)a | 29.5 (0–690) | 63.0 (2–473) | Not significant |
| Duration of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (hours)a | 214 (1–648) | 177 (9–845) | Not significant |
| Duration of conventional mechanical ventilation after high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (hours)a | 66 (0–1218) | 8 (0–427) | Not significant |
| Number of pediatric intensive care unit daysa | 23 (7–47) | 22 (3–50) | Not significant |
aData presented as median (range).