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

Table 3

Treatment groups showing dictating PSG physician recommendation versus treating/referring physician action. The percentages represent agreement within each category.  

Treating/referring physician action	Dictating PSG physician recommendation
	No treatment; (%)	Oxygen; (%)	PAP; (%)	Oxygen + PAP; (%)	Clinical correlate; (%)	Other; (%)
No treatment; (%)	9 (75%)	0 (0%)	3 (7.1%)	0 (0%)	4 (16%)	1 (50%)
Oxygen; (%)	1 (8.3%)	8 (100%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
PAP; (%)	1 (8.3%)	0 (0%)	38 (90.5%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (50%)
Oxygen + PAP; (%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	3 (100%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Clinical correlate; (%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	21 (84%)	0 (0%)
Other; (%)	1 (8.33%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)

Table 3 when read in the vertical direction shows the dictating PSG physician recommendations. The no treatment column indicates that of the total 12 patients who were recommended no treatment, 9 patients (75%) received no treatment, 1 patient received oxygen, 1 patient received PAP, and 1 patient received other therapy.  
The table read in the horizontal direction indicates the treating/referring physician’s action. For the no treatment group, 9 patients received no treatment (75%) correlating with what was recommended. No patients in the oxygen group ended in the no treatment group. Three patients in the PAP group received no treatment. No patients in the oxygen + PAP group ended in the no treatment. Four patients in the clinical correlate group received no treatment and 1 patient in the other group received no treatment.