Respiratory outcome of preterms with and without new BPD – differences and analogies with term born infants?

Background: During the past years, new treatment strategies improved survival of preterm infants and led to a change of the picture of BPD. Few data on respiratory outcome of this new BPD in comparison to a reference group are available. Objective: To describe the occurrence of cough and wheeze during the first year after discharge in preterm infants and to compare it to healthy term-born infants. To assess risk factors for severe and common respiratory morbidity during infancy in preterm infants with and without new BPD. Methods: We recruited 128 preterm infants (73 with BPD, mean gestational age 28.0 weeks and…