[Prevalence, severity, and predictors of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in a cohort of very preterm infants].

Objectives: The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to determine the prevalence and severity of BPD and its predictors in a regional cohort of very preterm (VP) infants in Reunion Island.

Methods: All autochthonous VP infants, live-born before the 33rd week of gestation (WG) between 1st January 2008 and 31st December 2009, were eligible for the study. Only VP infants surviving at least 28 days, for whom the parameters were known from birth, were included in the case-control study of predictors of moderate to severe BPD (BPDmo/s).

[Collodion baby and respiratory distress syndrome].

The congenital ichthyosis appears mainly in the form of collodion baby. This one can be suspected in case of polyhydramnios associated with a snowy aspect of the amniotic liquid in the antenatal echography. The reported four cases of collodion baby were premature children having presented a respiratory distress syndrome of variable gravity.