Persisting hypoxaemia is an insufficient measure of adverse lung function in very immature infants.
Journal article, 2014

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), defined as protracted neonatal hypoxaemia, is considered a risk factor for respiratory disease in adulthood. The relationship between this diagnosis and the actual lung injury appearing in very immature infants is, however, unknown.

Author

Ola Hjalmarson

University of Gothenburg

Hrolfur Brynjarsson

University of Gothenburg

Staffan Nilsson

Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Mathematical Statistics

University of Gothenburg

Kenneth Sandberg

University of Gothenburg

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

1359-2998 (ISSN) 14682052 (eISSN)

Vol. 99 4 F257-F262

Subject Categories

Pediatrics

DOI

10.1136/archdischild-2013-304625

PubMed

24356176

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