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Short courses were administered to 1203 (83%) infants, and 570 (40%) infants received treatment for &amp;gt;5 consecutive days. Furosemide was the most widely prescribed diuretic (1218 infants; 85%), although chlorothiazide had the longest median duration of use (21 days; 25th\u201375th percentile: 8\u201346 days). The range of infants receiving a diuretic course of &amp;gt;5 days duration varied by hospital from 4% to 86%, with wide between-hospital variation even after adjustment for confounding variables.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title><jats:p>The frequency of diuretic administration to infants with BPD at US children\u2019s hospitals, as well as the specific diuretic regimen used, varies markedly by institution. 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