1. Predictors of bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death in premature infants with a patent ductus arteriosus
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Chock, Valerie Y, Punn, Rajesh, Oza, Anushri, Benitz, William E, Van Meurs, Krisa P, Whittemore, Alice S, Behzadian, Fariborz, and Silverman, Norman H
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Infant Mortality ,Prevention ,Neonatal Respiratory Distress ,Clinical Research ,Perinatal Period - Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period ,Lung ,Pediatric ,Preterm ,Low Birth Weight and Health of the Newborn ,Cardiovascular ,Reproductive health and childbirth ,Good Health and Well Being ,Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia ,Ductus Arteriosus ,Patent ,Humans ,Infant ,Newborn ,Infant ,Premature ,Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine ,Public Health and Health Services ,Pediatrics - Abstract
BackgroundPreterm infants with a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) are at risk for death or development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). However, PDA treatment remains controversial. We investigated if PDA treatment and other clinical or echocardiographic (ECHO) factors were associated with the development of death or BPD.MethodsWe retrospectively studied clinical and ECHO characteristics of preterm infants with birth weight
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- 2014