Amira Mohammed Elsayed

Incidence and risk factors of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants : A retrospective study / فى الاطفال المبتسرين (BPD) عوامل خطر الاصابة من القصب الرئوية : دراسة استرجاعية بمستشفيات جامعة القاهرة -مستشفى النساء و التوليد-القصر العينى- Amira Mohammed Elsayed ; Supervised Amany Ezzat Elwan , Nouran Fahmy Hussien , Aliaa Adel Ali - Cairo : Amira Mohammed Elsayed , 2012 - 202 P. : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is becoming a more prevalent problem as increasing numbers of extremely immature preterm neonates survive. This retrospective case control study was conducted in the (NICU) of Cairo Universit Hospital. The study included 100 premature neonates. All of them received O₂ therapy, 50 infants developed BPD and 50 did not



BPD Mechanical ventilation Preterm neonates