Comparisons of two definitions of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia for the premature infants.

Objective Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a very common respiratory disease in premature infants, but there is still a different understanding of the definition of BPD. Therefore, this study is intended to compare ar main clinical results and health economic expenditures under different BPD definitions. Methods This study included premature infants who came into the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) from January 2018 to January 2020, who were not more than 32 weeks of premenstrual age. The main clinical consequences and health economic expenditures were analyzed by the National Institute of Health and Human Development definition (Workshop) and Jensen definition. Results Total 303 survivors were evaluated at 36 weeks. BPD was performed in 47.5% and 37.6% of infants respectively with Workshop's and Jensen's definitions. The percentage of unclassified BPD infants was 0.9% in Workshop's and 3.3% in Jensen's definitions. Further discussing the health economic burden and found that Jensen's definitions had a significantly correlated with NICU charges than the Workshop's definitions. Conclusion Comparing the Workshop definition of BPD, the Jensens definition was better correlated to health expenditure. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.