Table 2. The clinical condition and respiratory support of ten preterm infants along with the nursing response to critical alarms based on video monitoring.
The last row shows the median (IQR) values.
Clinical diagnosis during monitoring | Respiratory support during monitoring | Duration of monitoring (hours) | Alarms observed | Nurse in room (%) | Nurse response < 90s (%) | Alarms silenced (%) | Contribution of random effects to nurse responsiveness (odds ratio) |
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BPD, AoP | Whole period HFNC; room air | 230 | 317 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0.39 |
BPD, AoP | Whole period nasal CPAP with O2 therapy > 21% | 279 | 1573 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 0.08 |
AoP | Whole period HFNC with O2 therapy > 21% | 126 | 75 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0.62 |
PDA treatment; AoP | Nasal CPAP 9 days; HFNC 3 days; room air | 263 | 305 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 1.99 |
Uneventful course until final 12 hours: NEC with perforation | NCPAP 5 days and SIPPV 1 day with O2 therapy > 21% | 135 | 172 | 56 | 18 | 15 | 2.8 |
Late-onset sepsis | All period nasal CPAP with O2 therapy > 21% | 327 | 517 | 58 | 20 | 17 | 3.25 |
RDS, AoP | NCPAP 3 days; HFNC 8 days; Room air | 239 | 186 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 1.75 |
IVH grade II, venous infarction; Late-onset sepsis | SIPPV 7 days; NCPAP 5 days; all period O2 therapy > 21% | 271 | 657 | 52 | 18 | 16 | 2.66 |
AoP | Whole period HFNC with O2 therapy > 21% | 260 | 365 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 0.40 |
AoP | Whole period NCPAP with O2 therapy > 21% | 239 | 1284 | 42 | 16 | 18 | 1.70 |
- | - | 250 [230–271] | 341 [89–96] | 34 [20–52] | 17 [12–20] | 11 [9–16] | 1.7 [0.4–2.7] |
Legend: BPD, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; AoP, Apnea of prematurity; PDA, Patent ductus arteriosus; NEC, Necrotizing enterocolitis; RDS, Respiratory Distress Syndrome; IVH, Intraventricular hemorrhage; HFNC, High flow nasal cannula; NCPAP, Nasal continuous positive airway pressure; SIPPV, Synchronized Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation