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SUBMITTER: Arroyas M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7661536 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arroyas Maria M Calvo Cristina C Rueda Santiago S Esquivias Maria M Gonzalez-Menchen Cristina C Gonzalez-Carrasco Ersilia E Garcia-Garcia Maria Luz ML
Scientific reports 20201112 1
Our main objective was to study respiratory evolution and pulmonary and cardiac function in adolescents born preterm in the post-surfactant era. Observational cross-sectional study, comparing very preterm (< 32 weeks) and moderately-late preterm adolescents (≥ 32 weeks) (74 each group). We recorded respiratory symptoms, spirometry and functional echocardiogram. Very preterm adolescents required more respiratory admissions (45.9% vs. 28.4%) (p = 0.03, OR 2.1, CI95% 1.1-4.2) and had more current a ...[more]