Respiratory outcomes of "new" bronchopulmonary dysplasia in adolescents: A multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Long-term respiratory consequences of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants born in the post-surfactant era ("new" BPD) remain partially unknown. The present study aimed to evaluate the respiratory outcomes of "new" BPD in adolescents who were born preterm.

Methods

This multicenter, cross-sectional study included 286 adolescents born between 2003 and 2005 (mean age: 14.2 years); among them, 184 and 102 were born extremely preterm (EP; <28 weeks' gestation) and moderate-late preterm (32 to <37 weeks' gestation), respectively. Among EP adolescents, 92 had BPD, and 92 did not. All participants underwent lung function tests, skin prick testing, and questionnaires on asthma symptoms and quality of life.

Results

EP adolescents with BPD had significan

SUBMITTER: Perez-Tarazona S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8246560 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature