Summary clinical details, ventilator modes used and duration of recordings
| Number of cases | 109 |
| Median (range) | |
| Recording duration (min) | 44 (11–106) |
| Clinical details | Median (range) |
| Gestational age (weeks) | 36 (22–41) |
| Postnatal age (hours) | 6.0 (1.6–1644) |
| Postmenstrual age (weeks) | 37 (22–45.8) |
| <29 weeks (n) | 15 |
| 29–32 weeks (n) | 20 |
| 33–36 weeks (n) | 17 |
| 37–40 weeks (n) | 15 |
| >40 weeks (n) | 12 |
| Birth weight (grams) | 2840 (400–4900) |
| Weight at transfer (grams) | 2880 (400–4900) |
| Primary reason for referral | Number of cases |
| Respiratory failure in preterm infants | 37 |
| Respiratory failure in term infants | 21 |
| Cardiac | 15 |
| Surgical | 8 |
| Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy | 26 |
| Neurosurgical | 2 |
| Ventilator modes | Recordings |
| SIMV | 63 |
| SIMV-PS | 4 |
| SIPPV | 34 |
| More than one mode | 8 |
| VG on* | 97 |
| VG off* | 17 |
*In some cases, VG was turned on or off during the transfer.
SIMV, synchronised intermittent mandatory ventilation; SIMV-PS, synchronised intermittent mandatory ventilation with pressure support of spontaneous breaths; SIPPV, synchronised intermitted positive pressure ventilation; VG, volume guarantee.