Risk factors for bronchopulmonary dysplasia in five Portuguese neonatal intensive care units

The pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is clearly multifactorial. Specific pathogenic risk factors are prematurity, respiratory distress, oxygen supplementation, mechanical ventilation (MV), inflammation, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), etc. Aim: To evaluate BPD prevalence and to ident...

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Main Author: Guimarães,Hercília (author)
Other Authors: Rocha,Gustavo (author), Vasconcellos,Gabriela (author), Proença,Elisa (author), Carreira,Maria Luísa (author), Sossai,Maria do Rosário (author), Morais,Benvinda (author), Martins,Isabel (author), Rodrigues,Teresa (author), Severo,Milton (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
preterm infants
neonatal intensive care
prematurity
hyaline membrane disease
mechanical ventilation
oxygen therapy
risk factors
better practices
Online Access:http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0873-21592010000300005
Country:Portugal
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