Table 2

Conventional management

Trial No	Primary diagnosis	Treatment	Oxygenation index at trial entry	Days ventilated (after randomisation)	Days in ⩾90% 0₂ (after treatment)	Cardiac pathology	Age at death (days)
030	Congenital diaphragmatic hernia		45	28	28	Mild oedema LV wall and papillary muscle. Ante-mortem thrombus RA	38
097	Persistent fetal circulation (herpes simplex pneumonitis)		40	15	2	Normal	16
103	Pulmonary hypertension secondary to meconium aspiration		44	12	11	Normal	18
113	Congenital diaphragmatic hernia		43	0	0	Normal	1
126	Persistent fetal circulation		65	0	0	Normal	21 hours 34 mins
127	Pulmonary hypertension secondary to IRDS		70	0	0	Normal	1
132 (NO)	Pulmonary hypertension secondary to sepsis	Conventional	54	0	0	Normal	2
133	Congenital diaphragmatic hernia		107	0	0	Normal	13 hours 10 mins
141 (NO)	Persistent fetal circulation		55	0	0	Normal	1
144	Congenital diaphragmatic hernia		42	0	0	Oedema and pallor of interventricular septum	19 hours 10 mins
148	Congenital diaphragmatic hernia		42	1	1	Oedema and pallor of right ventricle	4
171	Persistent fetal circulation		95	1	1	Normal	2
178	Persistent fetal circulation		93	1	1	Haemorrhage of interventricular septum	1
182	Pulmonary hypertension secondary to meconium aspiration		55	1+2+9	1+2+9	Normal	17