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Table 4 MovementAssessment Battery for Children results

From: Follow-up of newborns treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a nationwide evaluation at 5 years of age

 

Total group (n = 92)

Meconium aspiration syndrome (n = 49)

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (n = 19)

Sepsis (n = 11)

Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (n = 12)

Total impairment score (mean (standard deviation))

8.4 (8.1)*

6.8 (6.6)

13.4 (10.3)

7.5 (7.5)

7 (7.1)

Score < P 5, motor problem (n (%))

14 (15.2%)**

3 (6.1)

7 (36.8)

1 (9.1)

2 (16.7)

Score P 5–P 15, borderline (n (%))

10 (10.9%)

3 (6.1)

4 (21.1)

2 (18.2)

1 (8.3)

Score > P 15, normal (n (%))

68 (73.9%)***

43 (87.8)

8 (42.1)

8 (72.7)

9 (75)

  1. *t test: significant, P < 0.001. ** Chi-square test: significant, P < 0.001. ***Chi-square test: significant, P < 0.005.