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Table 1 Acute respiratory morbidity in LP/MP infants (n= 830)

From: Acute respiratory morbidity in late preterm infants

 

GAa

(weeks)

 

33

34

35

36

TOT

n

129

176

225

300

830

Respiratory morbidity

60 (46.5)

53 (30.1)

42 (18.7)

59 (19.7)

214 (25.8)

TTNb n (%)

14 (10.9)

15 (8.5)

16 (7.1)

30 (10.0)

75 (9.0)

RFc n (%)

31(24.0)

14 (8.0)

12 (5.3)

8 (2.7)

65 (7.8)

RDSd n (%)

12 (9.3)

24 (13.6)

12 (5.3)

14 (4.7)

62 (7.5)

PNXe n (%)

1 (0.8)

-

8 (3.5)

7 (2.3)

16 (1.9)

Pneumonia n (%)

1 (0.8)

3 (1.7)

1 (0.4)

8 (2.7)

13 (1.6)

AOPf n (%)

3 (2.3)

-

-

2 (0.7)

5 (0.6)

PPHg n (%)

-

1 (0.6)

1 (0.4)

-

2 (0.2)

MASh n (%)

-

-

-

-

-

Infection in infants with RDS n (%)

3 (25.0)

9 (37.5)

6 (50.0)

9* (64.3)

27* (43.5)

Infection in infants with other respiratory morbidity n (%)

8 (16.7)

10 (34.5)

11 (39.7)

14* (31.1)

43* (28.3)

  1. * p<0.05
  2. a gestational age. b transient tachypnea of newborn. c respiratory failure. d respiratory distress syndrome. e pneumothorax / pneumomediastinum. f apnea of prematurity. g persistent pulmonary hypertension. h meconium aspiration syndrome.