Table 1.
Preterm infant characteristics [mean (SD)]
| Healthy Infants | Respiratory Distress Syndrome | Chronic Lung Disease | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HI (N=48) | RDS (N=38) | CLD (N=74) | ||||
| SHAM | PULSED | SHAM | PULSED | SHAM | PULSED | |
| N=25 | N=23 | N=20 | N=18 | N=42 | N=32 | |
| Gender (♂ : ♀) | 12:13 | 14:9 | 13:7 | 12:6 | 21:21 | 16:16 |
| GAbirth (wks) | 32.1 (1.8) | 31.3 (1.5) | 30.8 (1.6) | 30.5 (2.4) | 26.6 (2.1) | 27.2 (1.7) |
| BW (gms) | 1736.7 (468.2) | 1645.2 (327.2) | 1491.3 (293.1) | 1438.9 (521.1) | 884.2 (353.5) | 860.8 (247.8) |
| PMAstart (wks) | 34.6 (1.4) | 34.2 (1.5) | 33.6 (1.4) | 34.5 (1.9) | 34.9 (1.9) | 35.7 (2.5) |
| %POstart | 26 (33) | 26 (30) | 7 (16) | 16 (28) | 12 (18) | 14 (17) |
| O2 Hx (days) | 4.3 (8.1) | 2.5 (3.9) | 16.4 (12.3) | 23.6 (14.9) | 69.8 (27.0) | 67.2 (26.6) |