Prevention of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: finally, something that works
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Perinatal prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), defined as oxygen dependency for at least 28 days after birth, is a common adverse outcome of very premature birth. Affected children require frequent readmissions to hospital in the fi rst 2 years, and although lung growth and remodelling results in progressive improvement in lung function, airflow abnormalities may remain. Indeed, the most severely affected e...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Indian Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0019-5456,0973-7693
DOI: 10.1007/bf02763059