Racial disparities in calculated risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a dataset.

ABSTRACT: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a severe pulmonary complication of prematurity and is associated with significant morbidity or death. Early use of systemic corticosteroids may alter the trajectory of the disease and improve outcomes. A BPD Outcomes estimator, developed by the NICHD using a large population dataset, can be used to calculate individual risk. Risk above a certain threshold may indicate that the benefits of corticosteroids outweigh the risks. Empiric analysis of this calculator by systematic entry of synthetic patient information reveals a marked racial disparity; black infants have lower risk of moderate/severe BPD due to a higher risk of death despite equivalent severity of illness. Interpretation and analysis of this finding can be found in "The challenge of risk strati

SUBMITTER: Vesoulis ZA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7248447 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature