Table 4.
Baseline Characteristics of Cell Recipients and Concurrent Cooled Infants with Known Survival and One Year Bayley III Scores
| Characteristics | Cell recipients Mean (range) or N (%) N = 19 |
Concurrent cooled Mean (range) or N (%) N = 46 |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gestational Age, wks | 38 (34, 40) | 39 (34, 41) | 0.08 |
| Birthweight, kg | 3230 (2360, 4660) | 3270 (2100, 4840) | 0.88 |
| Abruption | 1 (5.3) | 5 (11) | 0.66 |
| Cord prolapse | 2 (11) | 2 (5) | 0.58 |
| Non-reassuring fetal heat rate | 8 (42) | 14 (33) | 0.57 |
| Cesarean delivery | 13 (68) | 26 (57) | 0.42 |
| Outborn | 6 (32) | 43 (91) | < 0.001 |
| SGA | 0 (0) | 4 (9) | 0.32 |
| LGA | 2 (11) | 4 (9) | >0.99 |
| Males | 10 (52) | 33 (70) | 0.25 |
| African American* | 9 (50) | 11 (25) | 0.12 |
| 5 minute Apgar ≤ 5 | 15 (79) | 33 (73) | 0.76 |
| 10 minute Apgar ≤ 5 | 12 (63) | 28 (68) | 0.77 |
| Cord pH (range) | 6.97 (6.65, 7.26) | 6.94 (6.48, 7.44) | 0.92 |
| Base Deficit | 18 (10, 32) | 18.5 (3, 31) | 0.96 |
| Cord pH < 7 | 13 (68) | 28 (65) | >0.99 |
| Base deficit > 16 | 15 (79) | 36 (77) | 1.0 |
| NICHD score | 23 (16, 39) | 23 (9, 49) | 0.90 |
| NICHD score ≥ 30 | 3 (16) | 14 (30) | 0.35 |
| Seizures | 4 (21) | 18 (38) | 0.25 |
a
Small and large for gestational age measurements were defined using growth charts from U.S. births.24
b
20 cell recipients and 80 concurrently cooled with race reported.
c
NICHD score is an estimate of likelihood of positive outcome with cooling