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-F262Subject Categories
Pediatrics
DOI
10.1136/archdischild-2013-304625
PubMed
24356176