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Postnatal hydrocortisone therapy for the treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birth weight infants

Mehmet Buyuktiryaki, Evrim Alyamac Dizdar, Nilufer Okur, Handan Bezirganoglu, Fatmanur Sari, Nurdan Uras, Fuat Emre Canpolat, Serife Suna Oguz.




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Aim: Corticosteroids are widely used to prevent and treat bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) due to their strong anti-inflammatory effects. We aim to evaluate the outcomes of late onset systemic hydrocortisone (HC) therapy in very low birth weight infants with BPD.
Material and Methods: The medical records of 706 preterm infants with gestational age ≤ 30 weeks over a 4-year period were retrospectively reviewed. Infants who required invasive/noninvasive respiratory support or ≥ 30% oxygen due to BPD and were treated with HC after the third postnatal week were included. The infants were divided into 3 groups according to respiratory support at the beginning of the HC treatment: mechanical ventilation (MV), noninvasive ventilation (NIV), and free oxygen.
Results: Seventy-six (11.9%) infants in our cohort received HC therapy. In the MV group, 83.3% of the infants were successfully extubated after a median of 4 days (interquartile range [IQR], 2-8 days). In the NIV group, 83.9% of the infants required no longer respiratory support after a median of 6 days (IQR, 3-16 days). In the free oxygen group, none of the infants needed supplemental oxygen after a median of 8 days (IQR, 6-12 days).
Conclusion: Late HC therapy facilitates extubating without adverse short-term effects, reduces the need of invasive and noninvasive ventilation, and facilitates discharge without supplemental oxygen

Key words: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; hydrocortisone; postnatal steroids; premature






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