Open AccessSeverity of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Among Very Preterm Infants in the United States
Author(s) -
Erik A. Jensen,
Erika M. Edwards,
Lucy T. Greenberg,
Roger F. Soll,
Danielle Ehret,
Jeffrey D. Horbar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2020-030007
Subject(s) - bronchopulmonary dysplasia , medicine , necrotizing enterocolitis , retinopathy of prematurity , intraventricular hemorrhage , pediatrics , periventricular leukomalacia , gestation , gestational age , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , sepsis , pregnancy , surgery , genetics , physics , optics , biology
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network recently proposed new, severity-based diagnostic criteria for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). This study provides the first benchmark epidemiological data applying this definition.