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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2012 Feb 28;214(4):640–647. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.12.036

Table 1.

Patient Demographics Before (Group 1) and After (Group 2) Permissive Hypercapnia

Demographic Group 1 (n = 42) Group 2 (n = 49) p Value
Male, % 61.9 67.3 0.59
Female, % 38.1 32.7 0.59
Gestational age, wk, mean ± SEM 36.4 ± 0.4 37.2 ± 0.4 0.17
Birth weight, g, mean ± SEM 2,655.2 ± 122.0 2,969.1 ± 98.9 0.05
Prenatal diagnosis, % 45.2 63.3 0.09
Right-sided CDH, % 23.8 16.3 0.37
Diaphragmatic patch, % 59.5 49 0.31

CDH, congenital diaphragmatic hernia.