The BPD Problem
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To the Editor.— Sinkin and co-workers1 undertook the laudable goal of attempting to predict the risk of "bronchopulmonary dysplasia" (defined solely as a requirement for supplemental oxygen at 28 days) to select better infants who might benefit from interventions to reduce the frequency of this chronic lung disease. Other investigators have defined risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in the first days to weeks of life using similar statistical analyses,2,3 cytopathology,4 detection of elevated proteases in airway secretions,5-7 measurement of airways mechanics,8,9 and clinical and radiographic scores.10,11
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2016 ◽
Vol 52
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1994 ◽
Vol 28
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pp. 1018-1019
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2015 ◽
Vol 42
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pp. 889-910
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2020 ◽
Vol 318
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pp. L845-L851
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