Pulmonary Effects of Neonatal Hydrocortisone Treatment in Ventilator-Dependent Preterm Infants

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Characteristics	Total (𝑛=55)	%
Gestational age (wk)^a	27.3 ± 1.4
Birth weight (g)^a	924 ± 231
Gender^c
Female : male	17 : 38
SGA (<p2.3)^c	4	7.3
Antenatal steroids^c	47	85.5
PROM > 24 h^c	12	21.8
Apgar score^b
At 1 min	6 (1–10)
At 5 min	8 (1–10)
Mortality^c	4
Postnatal age at death (days)	13, 18, 22, 63
Inotropes^c	38	69.1
Patent ductus arteriosus^c	31	56.4
Indometacin	30	96.8
Surgery	12 #	38.7
NEC^c	2	3.6
NEC surgery requirement^c	2	100
IVH^c	21	38.2
Grades I-II	14	—
Grades III-IV	7	—
Cystic PVL^c(grade II)	1	—

Data are shown as ^amean ± SD, ^bmedian (range) or ^cn.
SGA: small for gestational age, PROM: premature rupture of membranes, NEC: necrotizing enterocolitis, IVH: intraventricular haemorrhage, and PVL: periventricular leukomalacia.
#In one case indometacin therapy was contraindicated because of IVH.