Table 2

Patient characteristics for all participants at all study hospitals

	Preterm or LBW (n=50)	Term (n=36)
Sex	24 (48%) male	22 (61%) male
Hypoxaemic (SpO₂ <90%) at any time during admission	35 (70%)	26 (72%)
Received oxygen at any time during admission	34 (68%)	36 (100%)
Respiratory distress or tachypnoea (RR >60) at admission	15 (30%)	14 (39%)
Received antibiotics on day 1 of admission	44 (88%)	30 (83%)
Discharged well	27 (54%)	25 (69%)
Discharged against medical advice	6 (12%)	4 (11%)
Died in hospital	13 (26%)	5 (14%)
Admission diagnoses (including comorbidities)
Preterm	20 (40%) 2 (4%) very preterm (GA 28–32 weeks) 4 (8%) extremely preterm (GA <28 weeks)	N/A
Low birth weight	47 (94%) 19 (37%) VLBW 2 (4%) ELBW	N/A
Apnoea	22 (44%)	13 (36%)
Neonatal encephalopathy	11 (22%)	27 (75%)
Suspected neonatal sepsis	24 (48%)	15 (42%)

BW, birth weight; extremely low birth weight (ELBW), BW <1000 g; GA, gestational age; low birth weight (LBW), BW <2000 g;N/A, not applicable; preterm, GA <37 weeks; RR, respiratory rate; very low birthweight (VLBW), BW 1000-1499g.