Table 2.
Demographics by survival status. Data expressed as median [IQR] or N (%)
| Characteristics |
Survivors N = 59 |
Non survivors N = 46 |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gestational age(weeks) | 38+4 (35+2–39+1) | 35+6 (34+0–38+4) | 0.007 | |
| Birthweight (kilograms) | 2.91 (2.34–3.2) | 2.49 (1.82–2.97) | 0.004 | |
| Male gender | 36 (61) | 23 (50) | 0.26 | |
| Apgar at 5 min | 9 (7–9) | 7 (4–8) | < 0.001 | |
| Prenatal diagnosis | 50 (84.7) | 45 (97.8) | 0.023 | |
| O/E LHR | 35.5 (27.9–43.4) | 24 (18.4–35.9) | < 0.001 | |
| Right sided | 8 (13.6) | 8 (17.4) | 0.59 | |
| Liver up in thorax | 12 (21.4) | 9 (19.6) | 0.82 | |
| FETO done | 16 (31.4) | 21 (46.7) | 0.12 | |
| Antenatal steroids (≥ 1 dose) | 23 (39) | 28 (60.9) | 0.026 | |
| Caesarean section | 23 (39) | 15 (32.6) | 0.50 | |
| High frequency oscillation | 18 (30.5) | 39 (84.8) | < 0.001 | |
| Inhaled nitric oxide | 28 (47.5) | 44 (95.7) | < 0.001 | |
| Highest OI in day 1 | 13.8 (6.1–26.5) | 74.5 (48.6–114.7) | < 0.001 | |
| Inotropes | 50 (84.7) | 41 (89.1) | 0.51 | |
| ECMO | 3 (5.1) | 2 (4.3) | 0.86 | |
| Sepsis | 9 (15.3) | 5 (10.9) | 0.51 | |