Infant Journal
Browse articlesManaging preterm infants with chronic lung disease discharged home on oxygen: Five-year experience at a district general hospital
In this review of the management of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in neonatal graduates as they transition to home and community care, we describe our experience over a five-year period, including the use of the Paediatric Pan London Oxygen Group guidelines alongside the Hillingdon Bundle of Care, including our home oxygen video, BPD clinic, community and dietetic input.
Dr Nafisa Ladha ST1 Paediatrics
Dr Devangi Thakkar
Consultant Paediatrician, special interest
in neonatology
devangi.thakkar@nhs.net
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Uxbridge
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Keywords
Paediatric Pan London Oxygen Group; home oxygen; chronic lung disease; bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Also published in Infant:
VOLUME 15/ISSUE 3, MAY 2019
Home oxygen is widely prescribed for ex-preterm infants being discharged home with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Anecdotally, practice was felt to vary widely between neonatal units (NNUs) across the UK, despite British Thoracic Society guidance on home oxygen prescription. This survey is the most comprehensive to date, looking at variations in both pre- and post-discharge practices across the UK. It found that practice does indeed vary widely between NNUs and suggests that updating guidelines may be useful to help unify practice.
