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. 2017 Feb:181:289-293.e1.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.11.002. Epub 2016 Nov 28.

Antibiotic Exposure and Risk for Death or Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Joseph B Cantey  1 , Landon W Huffman  2 , Abirami Subramanian  3 , Anderson S Marshall  3 , A Rebecca Ballard  2 , Cassandra Lefevre  2 , Malvika Sagar  2 , Jessica E Pruszynski  4 , Lea H Mallett  2
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Antibiotic Exposure and Risk for Death or Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Joseph B Cantey et al. J Pediatr. 2017 Feb.

Abstract

We assessed the association between antibiotic exposure in the first 2 weeks of life and development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in a cohort of very low birth weight infants. After controlling for the severity of illness, each additional day of antibiotic therapy was associated with both an increased risk for and severity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

Keywords: Neonatal intensive care unit; Neonate.

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