1738 sudden infant death syndrome (sids) in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (bpd)


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ABSTRACT Because hypoxemia is associated with SIDS as well as BPD, because of our clinical impression that infants discharged with BPD suffered more than expected risk for SIDS, we undertook


a systematic survey of low birthweight infants with and without BPD discharged from our nurseries. The incidence of SIDS was seven times greater in infants with BPD when compared with a


concurrent low birthweight group of infants without BPD. Confounding factors, including birthweight, sex, multiple birth, socioeconomic status, and apnea were not different in the two


groups. We speculate that intermittent and chronic hypoxemia and/or a predilection for upper airway obstruction from prolonged intubation, associated with immaturity of respiratory control


centers, may underlie the higher risk for SIDS in infants who have BPD. Our results indicate that there is an association between BPD and SIDS. ARTICLE PDF AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND


AFFILIATIONS * Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA J Werthammer, E R Brown, R Neff & H W Taeusch Jr. Authors * J Werthammer


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BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA (BPD). _Pediatr Res_ 15 (Suppl 4), 733 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198104001-01757 Download citation * Issue Date: 01 April 1981 * DOI:


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