TABLE 2. Oxygen Saturation and Desaturation in the 3 Study Conditions With Observation for 20 Minutes in Each Position
|
Oxygen Saturation* (%; n = 36) |
Oxygen Saturation* (% Premature Infants; n = 24) |
Oxygen Saturation* (% Term Infants; n = 12) |
Oxygen Saturation* (% Infants With CNS Pathology; n = 4) |
Lowest Recorded Oxygen Saturation (%; n = 36) |
Duration of Longest Desaturation Episode (SpO2 <88%) (Sec; n = 36) |
Total No. of Desaturation Episodes in Each Condition (SpO2 <88%) (n = 36) |
Quality of Oxygen Saturation Measurement (n = 36) |
|
| Infant sling vertical |
96.3 (1.8) |
96.1 (2.0)|| |
96.7 (1.3) NS |
94.8 (2.1) |
83 |
112 |
6 |
8.4 (1.0) |
| Infant sling horizontal |
96.1 (2.0) |
96.1 (2.1)¶ |
96.1 (1.8)# |
95.3 (2.3) |
84 |
78 |
4 |
8.8 (0.8) |
| Pram |
97.1 (1.5) |
97.1 (1.4)||¶ |
97.1 (1.6)# |
95.8 (2.0) |
86 |
54 |
2 |
8.7 (0.9) |
|
CNS indicates central nervous system; NS, not significant.
* Data given are arithmetic mean values with standard deviations in parentheses.
Desaturations were seen exclusively in preterm infants.
P = .0045 always compared with observations in the pram.
P = .0006.
|| P = .0078.
¶ P = .0077.
# P = .042.