Table 1. Patient demographics.

Patient characteristics	N  = 19
Gestational age (wk)	38.5 (1.39)
Birth weight (kg)	3.55 (0.88)
Male, n (%)	12 (63)
Inborn, n (%)	11 (57)
Mortality, n (%)	1 (5)
APGAR-1 min	1 (1.3)
APGAR-5 min	4 (2.2)
APGAR-10 min	5 (2.6)
Cord pH	7.01 (0.19)
Cord PaO2	29.2 (17.9–46.5)
Cord PaCO2	64.2 (26)
Cord base deficit	–17 (7.8)
Lactate	9.8 (5.6)
Mechanically ventilated, n (%)	14 (73.6)
Duration mechanical ventilation (d)	4 (2.5–8.5)
Sarnat score	2 (0.72)
Seizures, n (%)	8 (42)
Hypotension, n (%)	10 (52)

Abbreviations: APGAR, Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, and Respiration; PaCO2, partial pressure carbon dioxide; PaO2, partial pressures of oxygen.