Validating a better way to stratify BPD risk in vulnerable newborns | Children's National

Validating a better way to stratify BPD risk in vulnerable newborns | Children's National

Validating a better way to stratify BPD risk in vulnerable newborns Researchers have shown that factoring in the total number of days that extremely preterm infants require supplemental oxygen and tracking this metric for weeks longer than usual improves clinicians’ ability to predict respiratory outcomes according to bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) severity.