Elevated Urine Hyaluronan Concentrations Are Associated with an Unfavorable Respiratory Outcome in Preterm Neonates at 40 Weeks Postmenstrual Age

CONCLUSION: Neonatal urine screening for HA could identify infants at risk for death or need for respiratory support at term-corrected age (40 weeks PMA). The relationship between elevated HA at 1 week and an unfavorable 40 week outcome was stronger in infants with lower GA.PMID:38484718 | DOI:10.1159/000535185

Source: Neonatology - March 14, 2024 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Peter Mathew MacFarlane Zhengyi Chen Nori Minich Catherine Ann Mayer Richard John Martin Juliann Marie Di Fiore Thomas Michael Raffay Anna Maria Hibbs Source Type: research