Research Article

Noninvasive Positive Airway Pressure Treatment in Children Less Than 12 Months of Age

Table 1

Patient demographic and descriptive polysomnogram data.

Mean (SD)Median (IQ values)

Age (days) at time of polysomnogram study208.5 (101.2)186.0 (130.2–277.0)

AHI33.2 (36.6)22.5 (11.3–37.0)

Minimum SpO2 (%) TST80.1 (8.5)82.5 (77.4–85.6)

Mean SpO2 (%) TST94.1 (3.1)94.9 (92.8–96.0)

% TST SpO2 < 90%11.9 (22.1)1.3 (0.3–8.0)

% TST SpO2 < 80%1.4 (8.2)0.0 (0.0–0.1)

Mean PETC0244.8 (7.6)43.0 (40.8–46.9)

% TST mean PETCO2 > 50 mmHg14.0 (27.3)0.0 (0.0–10.3)

AHI: apnea hypopnea index; TST: total sleep time; PETCO2: end tidal carbon dioxide; SpO2: oxyhemoglobin saturation by pulse oximetry.