Prediction of Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Infants with and Without Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Early motor and mental development in very preterm infants with chronic lung disease

“…2 This may be because many very low birthweight infants with CLD also suffer from IVH and/or PVL. In addition, a direct comparison of infants with and without CLD is complicated by the fact that, in many studies, the infants with CLD had a shorter gestation and lower birth weights and thus suffered from a more complicated neonatal course.…”

Health and Developmental Outcomes at 18 Months in Very Preterm Infants With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

“…Some authors 24 -26 have reported that infants with BPD present more developmental delays than do preterm infants without BPD, but others 12,14,21,27 did not support that finding. Teberg et al 24 and Gray and coworkers 28 concluded that VLBW and preterm infants with BPD present a higher risk of neurodevelopmental delay but that this risk is associated with neonatal brain lesions and not respiratory problems. In the present study, infants with BPD at 36 weeks had more developmental delays, and this difference was maintained when we excluded infants with IVH grade 4, PVL, or both, as were findings by Meisel et al 29 Davidson and colleagues 30 found no significant neurodevelopmental difference between infants with or without BPD but described a strong association between duration of assisted ventilation and handicap.…”

Nursery Survival for Infants of Birth Weight 500–1500 Grams During 1982–1995

“…30 The remaining two are previous articles from our hospital with 76% and 85% Hispanics, respectively. 7,29 In spite of the disparity in racial make-up, the results of all the studies quoted are very comparable. Black race appears to impart little advantage to the VLBW infant when results are compiled by either BW or GA, and Hispanics seem to be at no disadvantage.…”