Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Results were analysed from consecutive infants born at <33 weeks gestation with placental histology results and lung function measurement results on days 2 and/or 7 after birth and/or at 36 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA). SETTING: Tertiary neonatal intensive care unit. PATIENTS: 120 infants with a median gestational age of 29 (range 23-32) weeks were studied, 76 (63%) developed BPD and 41 (34%) had been exposed to chorioamnionitis and/or funisitis. INTERVENTIONS: MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Lung function was assessed by measurement of lung volume and compliance and resistance of the respiratory system. If the infants remained oxygen dependent beyond 28 days, they were diagnosed at 36 weeks PMA to have mild BPD (no longer oxygen dependent), moderate BPD (required less than 30% oxygen) or severe BPD (required more than 30% oxygen and/or positive pressure support). RESULTS: No significant differences were found in the lung function results between the chorioamnionitis and non- chorioamnionitis groups at any postnatal age. There was no significant relationship between chorioamnionitis and the occurrence or severity of BPD. Regression analysis demonstrated BPD was significantly related only to birth weight, gestational age and use of surfactant. CONCLUSION: In prematurely born infants, routinely exposed to antenatal steroids and postnatal surfactant, chorioamnionitis was not associated with worse lung function or more severe BPD.
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Authors | Michael Prendergast, Caroline May, Simon Broughton, Elena Pollina, Anthony D Milner, Gerrard F Rafferty, Anne Greenough |
Journal | Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
(Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed)
Vol. 96
Issue 4
Pg. F270-4
(Jul 2011)
ISSN: 1468-2052 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 21097839
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Glucocorticoids
- Pulmonary Surfactants
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Topics |
- Birth Weight
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
(etiology, physiopathology)
- Chorioamnionitis
(pathology, physiopathology)
- Female
- Gestational Age
- Glucocorticoids
(administration & dosage)
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant, Premature
- Lung
(physiopathology)
- Male
- Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
- Placenta
(pathology)
- Pregnancy
- Prospective Studies
- Pulmonary Surfactants
(administration & dosage)
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