摘要：New definitions for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) have recently been suggested, and an accurate diagnosis, including severity classification with proper definition, is crucial to identify high-risk infants for appropriate interventions. To determine whether recently suggested BPD definitions can better predict long-term outcomes of BPD in extremely preterm infants (EPIs) than the original BPD definition, BPD was classified with severity 1, 2, and 3 using three different definitions: definition A (original), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) definition in 2001; definition B, the modified NICHD 2016 definition (graded by the oxygen concentration and the respiratory support at 36 weeks’ postmenstrual age [PMA
