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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2019 Apr 5;209:17–22.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.01.048

Table 3:

Change in supplemental oxygen exposure at specified time points between epochs for infants in hospitals with and without an oxygen saturation alarm policy change.

Infants in hospitals with SpO2 alarm policy change (n=3809) Infants in hospitals with no SpO2 alarm policy change (n=3685)
FiO2 >0.21 at time point Epoch 1 n=1981 Epoch 2 n=1828 aOR (95% CI)* Epoch 1 n=1620 Epoch 2 n=2065 aOR (95% CI)* Adjusted Interaction P-value
24 hours 1193/1952 (61.1%) 1199/1802 (66.5%) 1.00 (0.85, 1.17) 845/1582 (53.4%) 1133/2031 (55.8%) 1.08 (0.92, 1.27) 0.475
Day 3 1381/1923 (71.8%) 1403/1788 (78.5%) 1.15 (0.96, 1.39) 1010/1553 (65.0%) 1410/2020 (69.8%) 1.17 (0.99, 1.40) 0.881
Day 7 1010/1835 (55.0%) 1103/1718 (64.2%) 1.16 (0.96, 1.40) 694/1454 (47.7%) 1061/1956 (54.2%) 0.98 (0.81, 1.18) 0.215
Day 14 1005/1681 (59.8%) 1131/1647 (68.7%) 1.25 (1.01, 1.54) 697/1313 (53.1%) 1282/1889 (67.9%) 1.60 (1.30, 1.96) 0.096
Day 28 878/1570 (55.9%) 1042/1577 (66.1%) 1.28 (1.04, 1.59) 556/1165 (47.7%) 1163/1819 (63.9%) 1.68 (1.35, 2.09) 0.083
Across the first 28 days** 1408/1767 (79.7%) 1380/1593 (86.6%) 1.29 (1.02, 1.63) 1051/1416 (74.2%) 1584/1850 (85.6%) 1.79 (1.44, 2.23) 0.045

Abbreviation: aOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; FiO2: fraction of inspired oxygen; SpO2: oxygen saturation

*

Analyses adjusted for gestational age, birth weight, multiple gestation, antenatal steroids, sex, race, ethnicity, delivery room intubation, small for gestational age status, and admission temperature

**

among infants who survived to 28 days of life