A longitudinal study of developmental outcome of infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia and very low birth weight.

OBJECTIVE: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is now the leading cause of lung disease in US infants. In a large regional cohort, we tested the hypothesis that despite innovations in neonatal care, very low birth weight (VLBW) infants (<1500 g) with BPD had poorer developmental outcomes than nonaffect... View More