Table 2 Lung volume according to position.
PMA (weeks) | No. | Postnatal age (days) | Weight (g) | Prone FRC (ml/kg) | Supine FRC (ml/kg) | p Value | |
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Non‐oxygen‐dependent infants | |||||||
32 | 12 | 17 (7–41) | 1432 (885–1720) | 22.1 (17.1–30.2) | 18.2 (12.9–36.0) | 0.01 | |
34 | 15 | 33 (21–53) | 1782 (1180–2004) | 24.4 (17.5–33.9) | 20.4 (13.6–37.4) | 0.003 | |
Oxygen‐dependent infants | |||||||
32 | 7 | 37 (18–58) | 1453 (954–1546) | 22.7 (17.9–37.1) | 19.0 (14.2–25.1) | 0.04 | |
34 | 13 | 47 (30–72) | 1762 (1312–2170) | 20.9 (14.8–24.6) | 17.9 (13.9–26.3) | 0.3 | |
36 | 16 | 73 (39–92) | 1916 (1168–2834) | 20.8 (12.7–27.8) | 17.5 (9.8–30.8) | 0.2 | |
38 | 11 | 84 (54–103) | 2325 (1534–3080) | 23.2 (12.6–27.7) | 18.7 (12.6–27.2) | 0.04 |
FRC, functional residual capacity; PMA, postmenstrual age.
Data are median (range).