Winston M Manimtim, Amit Agarwal, Stamatia Alexiou, Jonathan C Levin, Brianna Aoyama, Eric D Austin, Manvi Bansal, Sarah E Bauer, A Ioana Cristea, Julie L Fierro, Donna M Garey, Lystra P Hayden, Jacob A Kaslow, Audrey N Miller, Paul E Moore, Leif D Nelin, Antonia P Popova, Jessica L Rice, Michael C Tracy, Christopher D Baker, Sara K Dawson, Laurie C Eldredge, Khanh Lai, Lawrence M Rhein, Roopa Siddaiah, Natalie Villafranco, Sharon A McGrath-Morrow, Joseph M Collaco
OBJECTIVES: To describe outpatient respiratory outcomes and center-level variability among children with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) who require tracheostomy and long-term mechanical ventilation. METHODS: Retrospective cohort of subjects with severe BPD, born between 2016 and 2021, who received tracheostomy and were discharged on home ventilator support from 12 tertiary care centers participating in the BPD Collaborative Outpatient Registry. Timing of key respiratory events including time to tracheostomy placement, initial hospital discharge, first outpatient clinic visit, liberation from the ventilator, and decannulation were assessed using Kaplan-Meier analysis...
May 1, 2023: Pediatrics