ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (sBPD) have complex medical courses. We developed the clinician-rated Optimal State Scoring Tool (OSST) that measures

factors relevant to clinical improvement of sBPD and investigated preliminary validity using linear growth outcome and OSST scores in sBPD patients. METHODS Tool development process and

pilot findings are provided for 13 patients evaluated longitudinally. OSST scores, length measurements, and steroid dependency values were obtained. Changes in OSST scores and lengths were

examined using linear mixed-effect models. RESULTS OSST scores were significantly correlated with linear growth (95% CI 0.36, 0.57). The steroid-dependent group showed significantly slower

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AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Department of Clinical Nutrition & Lactation, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA Jennifer Curtiss * Department of

Neonatology, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA Pamela Griffiths * Department of Psychology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA Kevin G. Stephenson & Margaret

Mehling * Department of Pharmacy Services, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA Teresa D. Puthoff & Lauren H. Peck * Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala

Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden Fredrik Ahlsson * Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA Roopali Bapat * Department of Neonatology, Nationwide Children’s

Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA Britany Lendrum-Gatten * NICU, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Kristen Lindamood * Department of Neonatal Therapy, Nationwide Children’s Hospital,

Columbus, OH, USA Leah Lumbaca, Kelly Susey & Molly Susi * Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, USA Barbara S. Stonestreet * Department

of Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA Huayan Zhang * Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina System, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Susan Lynch

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