New insights in respiratory impedance in young children after repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Comparison of clinical characteristics of included and excluded participants

	Included	Excluded	p-value*
	n = 12	n = 4	p-value*
Inborn delivery	3 (27%)	4 (100%)	0.056
1-min Apgar score	6 (4.5–6.5)	5 (5.0–5.5)	0.749
5-min Apgar score	8 (8.0–9.25)	9 (8.5–9.0)	0.540
Duration of artificial ventilation, days	6 (6–13)	25 (16.0–31.25)	0.160
Total hospitalization length, days	24 (17.75–35.25)	60 (60–60)	0.098
Surfactant administration	3 (30%)	1 (25%)	1.000
Type of defect size^a			0.784
B	6 (50%)	3 (75%)
C	5 (41%)	2 (25%)
D	1 (8%)	0 (0%)
Surgical repair			0.379
Primary closure	9 (75%)	2 (50%)
Patch reconstruction	3 (25%)	2 (50%)

Data are presented as n (%) or median (25th–75th percentiles). *Fisher information test or Mann-Whitney U test; ^aCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: defect size correlates with developmental defect. J Pediatr Surg. 2013;48:1177e82

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