Table 2.
Mean values ± SEM of HR, SaO2, TOI and THI during the first 15 minutes (min) and 12–24 hours (mean 21 h) after birth, mean difference, 95% confidence interval (CI) of the difference p-value (significant p < .05 by Mann–Whitney U test)
| |
0-5 min |
5-10 min |
10-15 min |
21 h |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SEM | 95% CI | P-value | Mean ± SEM | 95% CI | P-value | Mean ± SEM | 95% CI | P-value | Mean ± SEM | 95% CI | P-value | ||
| |
Vacuum |
65 ± 3 |
|
|
69 ± 8 |
|
|
68 ± 3 |
|
|
67 ± 6 |
|
|
|
TOI (%) |
C-section |
53 ± 3 |
|
|
67 ± 3 |
|
|
69 ± 4 |
|
|
68 ± 2 |
|
|
| |
Difference |
11.6 ± 6.3 |
−1.4 to 24.9 |
0.03 |
2.4 ± 4.6 |
−7.1 to 11.9 |
0.35 |
−0.5 ± 5 |
–10.7 to 9.8 |
0.99 |
−0.5 ±4.4 |
−9.8 to 9 |
0.67 |
| |
Vacuum |
55 ± 10 |
|
|
56 ± 9 |
|
|
56 ± 9 |
|
|
52 ± 7 |
|
|
|
THI (μM) |
C-section |
47 ± 9 |
|
|
42 ± 7 |
|
|
34 ± 5 |
|
|
36 ± 7 |
|
|
| |
Difference |
8.6 ± 16 |
–25.1 to 42.4 |
0.27 |
13.7 ± 11.8 |
−10.5 to 37.8 |
0.17 |
22.1 ± 9.3 |
−2.9 to 41.2 |
0.04 |
16.8 ± 10.2 |
−5.1 to 38.6 |
0.11 |
| |
Vacuum |
169 ± 4 |
|
|
166 ± 18 |
|
|
158 ± 7 |
|
|
118 ± 5 |
|
|
|
HR (/min) |
C-section |
155 ± 5 |
|
|
152 ± 3 |
|
|
157 ± 4 |
|
|
114 ± 16 |
|
|
| |
Difference |
14.1 ± 9.1 |
−5.2 to 33.3 |
0.19 |
13.9 ± 6.4 |
−0.7 to 27.1 |
0.06 |
−0.4 ± 7.1 |
−14.2 to 15 |
0.83 |
3.9 ± 12.4 |
−24.3 to 32.0 |
0.69 |
| |
Vacuum |
95 ± 1 |
|
|
95 ± 2 |
|
|
95 ± 1 |
|
|
94 ± 1 |
|
|
|
SaO
2
(%) |
C-section |
70 ± 4 |
|
|
87 ± 2 |
|
|
93 ± 1 |
|
|
97 ± 2 |
|
|
| Difference | 24.4 ± 828 | 6.9 to 41.8 | 0.001 | 9.7 ± 2.6 | 3.3 to 14.1 | 0.002 | 2.6 ± 1.7 | −0.9 to 6.1 | 0.18 | −3.0 ± 1.7 | −6.8 to 0.8 | 0.19 | |