Bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very preterm infants: Outcome up to preschool age, in a single center of Austria.

Background: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most frequent chronic lung disease in infancy and is associated with neonatal comorbidity and impairment in pulmonary and neurodevelopmental (ND) long-term outcome.

Methods: This was a retrospective, single-center, cohort study to compare a cohort of very preterm infants (gestational age [GA], 24 -28 weeks) with BPD (n = 44), with a cohort of GA-matched preterm infants without BPD (n = 44) with regard to neonatal morbidity, incidence of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), ND outcome and growth to 2 years' corrected age (CA) and preschool age.

Results: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (incidence, 11.

Neonatal Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Due to Respiratory Failure: A Single Center Experience Over 28 Years.

ECMO therapy is worldwide declining in the neonatal population; hence, its therapeutic value is sometimes questioned. To report our experience with neonatal ECMO due to respiratory failure over a 28 year time period. Retrospective single center observational study including all neonates admitted to ECMO due to respiratory failure between 1989 and 2016 at Graz, Austria.

Quality of Life of Children with Cystic Periventricular Leukomalacia - A Prospective Analysis with the Child Health Questionnaire-Parent Form 50.

Objective: Cystic periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) is associated with moderate to severe physical and mental handicaps in preterm infants. We hypothesized whether or not those handicaps were associated with a poorer quality of life (QOL) of affected children and their families compared to matched controls.

Patients And Methods: All children with the diagnosis PVL collected from a local database of the Division of Neonatology of the Medical University of Graz, Austria, and born between 1997 and 2008 were included in the study group.

General Movements in preterm infants undergoing craniosacral therapy: a randomised controlled pilot-trial.

Background: The objective of this study was to investigate neurological short-term effects of craniosacral therapy as an ideal form of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) due to the soft kinaesthetic stimulation.

Methods: Included were 30 preterm infants, with a gestational age between 25 and 33 weeks, who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of the University Hospital of Graz, Austria. The infants were randomized either into the intervention group (IG) which received standardised craniosacral therapy, or the control group (CG) which received standard care.

The whole spectrum of cystic periventricular leukomalacia of the preterm infant: results from a large consecutive case series.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe features of cystic periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) in a large consecutive cohort study including long-term neurodevelopmental follow-up.

Methods: We performed a retrospective single-centre cohort study including all preterm infants ≤35 weeks of gestational age with PVL diagnosed by ultrasound scans (US) from a tertiary care university hospital between 1988 and 2012.

Results: The majority of 160 consecutively diagnosed cases had a gestational age between 28 and 32 weeks (60.

Neonatal outcome and two-year follow-up after expectant management of second trimester rupture of membranes.

Objective: To assess neonatal outcome and 2-year follow-up of pregnancies complicated by second trimester preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM).

Methods: A retrospective review of obstetric and neonatal records for 87 pregnancies (56 singletons, 6 twins, 1 triplet) with PPROM between 14+0 and 24+6 weeks of gestation. Patients received antibiotics and steroids for fetal lung maturity once they reached 24 weeks of gestation.