Chronic lung disease in very preterm infants and home oxygen therapy -

Very preterm infants may suffer from chronic lung disease; this is defined as a need for continuing oxygen or respiratory support at 36 weeks' corrected gestational age. These infants usually require prolonged ventilation and may require ongoing respiratory and oxygen therapy post discharge from hospital. The Australia and New Zealand Neonatal Network is comprised of all the NICUs in the two control and records the population of all infants who require intensive care including the group <32 weeks gestation. This project will involve learning advanced skills in large dataset analytics to investigate the infant population at risk for CLD and require home oxygen along with the population trends.