Clinical Study
Heart Rate and Arterial Pressure Changes during Whole-Body Deep Hypothermia
Table 1
Basic characteristics of the group. (mean ± SD or n and %).
| | Group DH n = 14/31 (45.1) | Group MH n = 17/31 (54.9) | P value | 95% C.I. |
| Weight g (SD) | 3296 (±659) | 3292 (±608) | | −299.0–305.7 | Gestational age weeks (SD) | 39.6 (±1.7) | 39.2 (±1.9) | | −0.737–1.222 | Inborn (%) | 5/14 (35.7) | 7/17 (23.5) | | −0.482–0.726 | Male (%) | 6/14 (42.8) | 12/17 (70.5) | | −0.754–0.200 | Caucasian race (%) | 11/14 (78.5) | 13/17 (76.4) | | −0.315–0.357 | Vaginal delivery (%) | 6/14 (42.8) | 10/17 (58.8) | | −0.606–0.406 | Apgar 5′ (SD) | 4.8 (±2.0) | 4.1 (±2.1) | | −0.334–1.607 | Umbilical cord pH (SD) | 6.881 (±0.1) | 6.996 (±0.2) | | −0.397–0.079 | Umbilical cord paCO2 (mmHg) (SD) | 90.2 (±34.0) | 68.3 (±32.4) | | −2.730–46.423 | Umbilical cord BE (mmol/L) (SD) | −17.0 (±4.1) | −17.7 (±7.1) | | −2.592–7.207 | Umbilical cord lactate (mmol/L) (SD) | 12.1 (±6.3) | 14.1 (±4.6) | | −6.694–2.632 | Onset of hypothermia h (SD) | 3.2 (±1.5) | 3.3 (±1.2) | | −0.697–0.528 | Length of hospitalization (days) (SD) | 16.7 (±12.9) | 13.1 (±7.2) | | −0.201–9.171 |
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DH: deep hypothermia. MH: mild hypothermia. SD: standard deviation. BE: basic excess. h: hours.
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