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Filter by:The goal of this observational study is to learn about the role of bedside lung ultrasound in infants born prematurely with breathing problems. The main question this study aims to answer is: Can bedside lung ultrasound performed in the first month of life predict the development of chronic lung disease in premature infants?
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is one of the most common morbidities in premature infants and is associated with poor neurodevelopmental outcomes . Although mechanical ventilation and oxygen requirements in premature infants have been identified as triggering mechanisms for the development of inflammation and BPD over time, data now support that a number of perinatal events that may stimulate the inflammatory cascade before birth also have important effects. Corticosteroids such as dexamethasone and hydrocortisone have proven to be beneficial for the prevention and management of postpartum BPD due to their anti-inflammatory properties . With this study, the effects of corticosteroid use on lung ultrasound findings in BPD will be investigated, and acute and chronic lung ultrasonography scores will be recorded. A prospective observational study was planned in the neonatal intensive care unit between 2022 and 2024 in premature infants below 32 weeks of gestational age. Demographic data and Lung Ultrasonography findings of these babies will be recorded. Among the patients who are predicted to go to BPD, in the group using corticosteroids, Lung Ultrasonographic imaging will be performed and the effect of corticosteroids on pulmonary findings will be recorded. It is planned to investigate whether postnatal steroid use has an effect on lung ultrasound findings in preterm infants with BPD.
This study described the perinatal high-risk factors and clinical manifestations of the children, and compared the high-risk factors, clinical manifestations and prognosis of BPD among different clinical subtypes by comparison between groups. BPD grading was performed using the 2018 grading standard to compare the distribution of I/II/III BPD among different groups.
The purpose of this study is to test the safety and effectiveness of a whole own (autologous) umbilical cord blood transfusion in the first 5 days after birth if the baby is born premature <34 weeks and developed anemia of prematurity.
Despite considerable obstetric and neonatal advances in the care of very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) continues to occur among 20 to 40% of surviving infants, and new ways for combatting this disease must be found. BPD appears to result from arrested lung development, but its etiology has not yet been fully established. Besides the role of the exposure of the immature lung to injurious factors in the development of BPD, a genetic susceptibility for BPD in preterm infants was recently evidenced. Taking advantage of new genomic technologies, the objective of the investigators' project is to identify predisposing human genetic variants through: 1. a genome-wide association (GWA) study in VLBW neonates, 2. a candidate-gene association study, including selection of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) found in (a) and 3. functional studies of any SNP found to be convincingly associated with BPD in (a) and (b).