Table 1 Infants characteristics byperinatal level of care. Lazio, 2009-December 2012
From: Stabilization of the critically ill neonate awaiting transport
Birth centre level | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
I N=966 | II N=651 | III N=714 | Total N=2331 | |
Gestational age (wks) | ||||
22-27 (%) | 8 (0.8) | 30 (4.6) | 117 (16.4) | 155 (6.6) |
28-31 (%) | 37 (3.8) | 52 (8.0) | 212 (29.7) | 301 (12.9) |
32-36 (%) | 313 (32.4) | 200 (30.7) | 280 (39.2) | 793 (34.0) |
37+ (%) | 608 (62.9) | 369 (56.7) | 105 (14.7) | 1082 (46.4) |
Mean (SD) | 37.0 (2.8) | 36.1 (3.9) | 31.9 (4.1) | 35.2 (4.2) |
Median | 37 | 37 | 32 | 36 |
Age at transport (hours) | ||||
Mean (SD) | 15.2 (16.8) | 15.0 (16.1) | 6.8 (11.2) | 12.6 (15.6) |
Median | 6.6 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 4.9 |
Group of diagnosis/symptoms (%) | ||||
Antenatal conditions | 194 (20.1) | 128 (19.7) | 312 (43.7) | 634 (27.2) |
Respiratory | 511 (52.9) | 370 (56.8) | 340 (47.6) | 1221 (52.4) |
Cardiovascular | 39 (4.0) | 29 (4.5) | 29 (4.1) | 97 (4.2) |
Infectious | 53 (5.5) | 38 (5.8) | 6 (0.8) | 97 (4.2) |
Hematologic | 66 (6.8) | 33 (5.1) | 5 (0.7) | 104 (4.5) |
Other | 103 (10.7) | 53 (8.1) | 22 (3.1) | 178 (7.6) |
MINT a | ||||
Mean (SD) | 1.4 (3.5) | 3.2 (5.5) | 5.4 (5.7) | 3.1 (5.2) |
Median | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Birthplace (%) | ||||
Municipality of Rome | 550 (56.9) | 175 (26.9) | 689 (96.5) | 1414 (60.7) |
Other | 416 (43.1) | 476 (73.1) | 25 (3.5) | 917 (39.3) |
Stabilization time (minutes) | ||||
Mean (SD) | 31.6 (20.0) | 39.6 (26.3) | 28.5 (17.2) | 32.9 (21.6) |
Median | 25 | 30 | 25 | 30 |
TRIPS score pre | ||||
Mean (SD) | 5.8 (7.4) | 9.6 (10.8) | 11.7 (11.3) | 8.7 (10.0) |
Median | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
TRIPS change (%) | ||||
Deterioration | 40 (4.1) | 28 (4.3) | 35 (4.9) | 103 (4.4) |
No change | 697 (72.2) | 445 (68.4) | 557 (78.0) | 1699 (72.9) |
Improvement | 229 (23.7) | 178 (27.3) | 122 (17.1) | 529 (22.7) |