Research Article

High Frequency Jet Ventilation during Initial Management, Stabilization, and Transport of Newborn Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Case Series

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Male (%)16 (64%)
Birth weight grams mean (sd)2868 (820)
Gestational age weeks mean (sd)37.2 (3.3)
Left sided (%)19 (78%)
Bilateral (%)1 (4%)
Congenital anomalies (%)10 (40%)
Preterm (%)4 (16%)
*O/E LHR mean (sd)39.3 (17.2)
**Probability for survival mean (sd)0.6 (0.3)

*Observed/Expected lung-to-head ratio.
**Predicted survival based CDH study Group predictive equation.