Placental Complications and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: EPIPAGE-2 Cohort Study

Abstract

Placenta-mediated pregnancy complications with fetal consequences are associated with moderate to severe BPD in very preterm infants independently of gestational age and birth weight, but isolated maternal hypertensive disorders are not. Fetal growth restriction, more than birth weight, could predispose to impaired lung development.