Mortality in Outpatients with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To study the demographic and clinical characteristics of preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) to identify the factors most strongly predictive of outpatient mortality, with the goal of identifying those individuals at greatest risk.

Study design

Demographic and clinical characteristics were retrospectively reviewed for 862 subjects recruited from an outpatient BPD clinic. Characteristics of the deceased and living participants were compared using nonparametric analysis. Regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with mortality.

Results

Of the 862 subjects, 13 (1.5%) died during follow-up, for an overall mortality rate of approximately 15.1 deaths per 1000 subjects. Two patients died in the postneonatal period (annual m

SUBMITTER: Aoyama BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8792178 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature