Respiratory outcomes after initial hospital discharge in children with ventricular shunts and bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

Children with ventricular shunts and BPD had similar outpatient respiratory outcomes compared to children with BPD alone; however respiratory morbidities may have been mitigated by the greater use of gastric tubes in the VS + BPD group. Multiple neurosurgical procedures were common in children with ventricular shunts.