The discovery BPD (D-BPD) program: study protocol of a prospective translational multicenter collaborative study to investigate determinants of chronic lung disease in very low birth weight infants

• Main Authors: Gaston Ofman (Author), Mauricio T. Caballero (Author), Damian Alvarez Paggi (Author), Jacqui Marzec (Author), Florencia Nowogrodzki (Author), Hye-Youn Cho (Author), Mariana Sorgetti (Author), Guillermo Colantonio (Author), Alejandra Bianchi (Author), Luis M. Prudent (Author), Nestor Vain (Author), Gonzalo Mariani (Author), Jorge Digregorio (Author), Elba Lopez Turconi (Author), Cristina Osio (Author), Fernanda Galletti (Author), Mariangeles Quiros (Author), Andrea Brum (Author), Santiago Lopez Garcia (Author), Silvia Garcia (Author), Douglas Bell (Author), Marcus H. Jones (Author), Trent E. Tipple (Author), Steven R. Kleeberger (Author), Fernando P. Polack (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Premature birth is a growing and serious public health problem affecting more than one of every ten infants worldwide. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common neonatal morbidity associated with prematurity and infants with BPD suffer from increased incidence of respir...