title: Unchanged incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in survivors of hyaline membrane disease.
abstract: To test the hypothesis that decreased mortality from severe HMD will result in increased morbidity from BPD, chest films of 30-day survivors of severe HMD were reviewed for evidence of Northway's Stage IV BPD. During July, 1970 to June, 1971, 20 survivors of severe HMD were identified; one case of Stage IV BPD was found in this group. During July 1974-June 1975, 80 survivors of severe HMD were identified; five infants had BPD. In spite of more survivors of severe HMD, no increase in the incidence of BPD could be demonstrated.
mesh_terms: D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006819:Hyaline Membrane Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D014861:Washington