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. 2011 Aug;128(2):e366–e373. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-1567

TABLE 3.

Success Rate and EIR of Various Apnea- or Bradycardia-Free Intervals, All Patients

Interval Length, d Apnea
Bradycardia
Severe Apnea
Severe Bradycardia
Success Rate (N = 1403), % EIR (N = 219), % (95% CI) Success Rate (N = 1403), % (95% CI) EIR (N = 299), % (95% CI) Success Rate (N = 1403), % (95% CI) EIR (N = 81), % (95% CI) Success Rate (N = 1403), % (95% CI) EIR (N = 101), % (95% CI)
1 90.2 (89.0–91.4) 0.0 86.5 (85.1–87.8) 0.0 96.5 (95.8–97.3) 0.0 95.6 (94.8–96.5) 0.0
2 93.1 (92.2–94.0) 25.0 (20.0–29.2) 90.8 (89.8–91.8) 27.7 (23.9–31.4) 97.4 (96.8–98.0) 21.5 (14.7–28.4) 96.8 (96.1–97.4) 22.9 (16.5–29.3)
3 94.4 (93.6–95.2) 38.0 (33.0–43.1) 92.7 (91.8–93.5) 40.9 (36.5–45.3) 97.7 (97.1–98.2) 30.5 (22.7–38.9) 97.1 (96.5–97.7) 30.1 (22.9–37.5)
4 95.2 (94.4–95.9) 45.4 (40.0–50.8) 93.6 (92.8–94.4) 47.5 (42.9–52.2) 98.0 (97.4–98.5) 37.2 (28.4–45.9) 97.4 (96.8–98.0) 35.7 (27.8–43.4)
5 95.6 (94.9–96.3) 49.9 (44.4–55.4) 94.7 (94.0–95.4) 55.7 (51.0–60.4) 98.2 (97.7–98.6) 42.9 (34.0–52.3) 97.7 (97.2–98.2) 43.5 (35.5–51.4)
6 96.1 (95.4–96.7) 54.8 (49.2–60.5) 95.5 (94.7–96.1) 61.7 (57.0–66.6) 98.3 (97.9–98.8) 48.3 (38.5–58.3) 97.9 (97.4–98.4) 48.5 (40.2–56.9)
7 96.5 (95.9–97.1) 59.3 (53.4–65.0) 95.9 (95.2–96.5) 64.8 (60.1–69.5) 98.5 (98.1–98.9) 52.7 (42.8–62.5) 98.2 (97.7–98.7) 54.8 (46.5–63.2)
8 96.8 (96.2–97.3) 62.2 (56.6–67.8) 96.3 (95.6–96.9) 68.5 (63.9–73.0) 98.5 (98.1–98.9) 52.9 (42.9–62.7) 98.3 (97.8–98.8) 57.8 (49.0–66.2)
9 97.3 (96.7–97.8) 67.9 (62.3–73.4) 96.7 (96.1–97.3) 72.1 (67.5–76.4) 98.6 (98.2–99.0) 55.8 (46.0–65.6) 98.5 (98.1–98.9) 62.6 (53.5–71.0)
10 97.4 (96.8–97.9) 69.5 (64.1–75.0) 96.9 (96.3–97.4) 73.9 (69.2–78.1) 98.6 (98.2–99.0) 56.2 (46.4–65.9) 98.5 (98.1–99.0) 63.0 (53.9–71.4)
11 97.7 (97.1–98.2) 73.1 (67.7–78.4) 97.2 (96.7–97.8) 76.8 (72.3–80.8) 98.7 (98.2–99.0) 56.6 (46.7–66.5) 98.6 (98.2–99.0) 64.1 (55.0–72.6)
12 97.8 (97.3–98.3) 74.3 (69.0–79.4) 97.8 (96.8–97.9) 77.8 (73.4–81.7) 98.8 (98.3–99.1) 59.3 (49.3–69.4) 98.7 (98.3–99.1) 65.8 (56.8–74.4)
13 97.9 (97.4–98.4) 75.9 (70.7–80.9) 97.5 (96.9–98.0) 78.4 (74.0–82.3) 98.9 (98.5–99.3) 63.8 (53.8–73.6) 98.8 (98.4–99.2) 69.3 (60.6–77.3)
14 98.2 (97.7–98.6) 78.3 (73.8–83.5) 97.7 (97.2–98.2) 80.4 (76.2–84.1) 99.0 (98.6–99.3) 66.7 (56.7–76.3) 99.0 (98.6–99.3) 73.3 (65.4-80.8)

95% CIs were determined by the bootstrap methodology.