Sex‐Based Differences in the Sonographic Characterization of Diaphragm Thickness in Preterm Infants With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia at Term Corrected Age
Telford Yeung,
Jenna Ibrahim,
Adel Mohamed
Abstract:ObjectiveTo determine the sex‐specific diaphragm thickness in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) as well as in healthy term and near‐term infants.MethodsWe performed a secondary analysis of an observational study to compare the sonographic diaphragm thickness at end expiration (DTexp) in female and male infants. The study included infants with BPD and healthy near‐term and term infants. To account for differences in anthropometric measurements, we calculated the DTexp as a ratio of body surface area… Show more
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