In-hospital outcomes of premature infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize in-hospital outcomes of premature infants diagnosed with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).

Study design

Retrospective cohort study including premature infants with severe BPD discharged from 348 Pediatrix Medical Group neonatal intensive care units from 1997 to 2015.

Results

There were 10 752 infants with severe BPD, and 549/10 752 (5%) died before discharge. Infants who died were more likely to be male, small for gestational age, have received more medical interventions and more frequently diagnosed with surgical necrotizing enterocolitis, culture-proven sepsis and pulmonary hypertension following 36 weeks of postmenstrual age compared with survivors. Approximately 70% of infants with severe BPD were discharged by 44 weeks of postmens

SUBMITTER: Jackson W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5562519 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature