Severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia: outcomes before and after the implementation of an inpatient multidisciplinary team

Objective Severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (sBPD) can lead to long term morbidity. We created a sBPD multidisciplinary team in 2011 to optimize care and improve outcomes. Study design Retrospective chart review of three groups between 2008 and 2016: patients with sBPD born before 2011, patients with sBPD born after 2011, and patients with moderate BPD born after 2011. Results Infants with sBPD after 2011 had a shorter NICU length of stay compared with children born before 2011 (mean 140 days vs 170 days p < 0.007), weighed more at discharge (z-score -0.8 vs -1.35 p = 0.01), had less failure to thrive post discharge (32% vs 51% p = 0.05) and had more well visits in the first six months of life (mean 6.7 vs 5.3 p = 0.04). No difference was observed in the rate of readmissions in the first two years of life. Conclusion Our multidisciplinary team has improved the inpatient management of patients with sBPD.

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The study demonstrated that establishing a multidisciplinary team for sBPD patients can effectively improve their inpatient management. Infants born after 2011 with sBPD showed better outcomes in terms of NICU length of stay, weight at discharge, post-discharge weight gain, and number of well visits compared to those born before 2011.