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. 2019 Aug 28;105(3):316–321. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317630

Table 2.

Patient characteristics for all participants at all study hospitals

Preterm or LBW
(n=50)		 Term
(n=36)
Sex 24 (48%) male 22 (61%) male
Hypoxaemic (SpO2 <90%) at any time during admission 35 (70%) 26 (72%)
Received oxygen at any time during admission 34 (68%) 36 (100%)
Respiratory distress or tachypnoea (RR >60) at admission 15 (30%) 14 (39%)
Received antibiotics on day 1 of admission 44 (88%) 30 (83%)
Discharged well 27 (54%) 25 (69%)
Discharged against medical advice 6 (12%) 4 (11%)
Died in hospital 13 (26%) 5 (14%)
Admission diagnoses (including comorbidities)
Preterm 20 (40%)

  • 2 (4%) very preterm (GA 28–32 weeks)

  • 4 (8%) extremely preterm (GA <28 weeks)

 N/A
Low birth weight 47 (94%)

  • 19 (37%) VLBW

  • 2 (4%) ELBW

 N/A
Apnoea 22 (44%) 13 (36%)
Neonatal encephalopathy 11 (22%) 27 (75%)
Suspected neonatal sepsis 24 (48%) 15 (42%)

BW, birth weight; extremely low birth weight (ELBW), BW <1000 g; GA, gestational age; low birth weight (LBW), BW <2000 g;N/A, not applicable; preterm, GA <37 weeks; RR, respiratory rate; very low birthweight (VLBW), BW 1000-1499g.