TITLE:
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Premature Infants with Very Low Birth Weight: A Single Centre Retrospective Study in China
AUTHORS:
Li Shen, Tao Bo, Senlin Luo, Ruolin Zhang, Jian Li
KEYWORDS:
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Very Low Birth Weight Infants, Oxygen Therapy, Dexamethasone, Weight Gain
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.6 No.4,
December
5,
2016
ABSTRACT: To investigate bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and
its treatment with dexamethasone (DEX) in premature infants with birth weight
(BW) P P = 0.004) and
neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (OR: 6.146, P = 0.043) were independent risk factors for BPD. DEX was administered
to 26 patients after the diagnosis of BPD. After one and two weeks of DEX
treatment, the oxygen requirement had significantly reduced compared to the
week prior to treatment (P P