Validating a better way to stratify BPD risk in vulnerable newborns

(Children's National Hospital) 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 severity, finds research led by Children's National Hospital.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news