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 study | 208.5 (101.2) | 186.0 (130.2–277.0) |
| AHI | 33.2 (36.6) | 22.5 (11.3–37.0) |
| Minimum SpO2 (%) TST | 80.1 (8.5) | 82.5 (77.4–85.6) |
| Mean SpO2 (%) TST | 94.1 (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 PETC02 | 44.8 (7.6) | 43.0 (40.8–46.9) |
| % TST mean PETCO2 > 50 mmHg | 14.0 (27.3) | 0.0 (0.0–10.3) |
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AHI: apnea hypopnea index; TST: total sleep time; PETCO2: end tidal carbon dioxide; SpO2: oxyhemoglobin saturation by pulse oximetry.
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