Table 3

Crs and Rrs of infants who remained intubated up to 14 days of age: values are given as mean (SEM)

nBefore treatmentDay 3Day 7Day 14p Value3-150
Crs/kg (ml/kpa/kg):
Group 1 (fluticsone)95.11  (0.40)9.28  (0.80)11.73  (1.07)12.46  (0.10)<0.00013-151
Group 2 (placebo)145.08 (0.28)6.76 (0.42)8.65 (0.54)9.77 (0.71)<0.00013-152
Rrs (kpa/l/s):
Group 1 (fluticasone)949.67 (1.96)34.18 (2.45)30.02 (3.38)23.85 (4.68)<0.00013-151
Group 2 (placebo)1450.98 (2.77)42.69 (4.07)38.53 (5.17)36.71 (5.52)0.00033-153

  • ↵3-150 One way repeated measures ANOVA.

  • Pairwise multiple comparison with Bonferroni’s method (p<0.05):

  • ↵3-151 Day 14 and day 7 > day 3 > before treatment.

  • ↵3-152 Before treatment > day 3, day 4 and day 14.

  • ↵3-153 Before treatment > day 7 and day 14.