Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is a serious chronic lung disease of infancy but despite numerous problems such as poor growth, recurrent lower respiratory tract infections, and cor pulmonale, steady improvement and recovery may generally be expected. We report four infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in whom the cardiopulmonary course did not show the usual steady improvement. Each infant was f...

Downloaded from ClinicalKey.com a For personal use only. No other uses without permission. 2. Murthy K, Savani RC, Lagatta JM, Zaniletti I, Wadhawan R, Truog W, et al. Predicting death or tracheostomy placement in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia. J Perinatol 2014;34: 543-8. 3. Wang H, St Julien KR, Stevenson DK, Hoffman TJ, Witte JS, Lazzeroni LC, et al. A genome-wide association...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to describe development and implementation of potentially better practices to reduce bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birth weight infants (birth weight: 501-1500 g). METHODS Results of Breathsavers Group meetings, conference calls and critically appraised topic summaries were used to construct potentially better practices. Implementation plans ...

PURPOSE Eosinophilia is common in premature infants, and its incidence increases with a shorter gestation period. We investigated the clinical significance of eosinophilia in premature infants born at <34 weeks gestation. METHODS We analyzed the medical records of premature infants born at <34 weeks gestation who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at Ewha Womans University Mokd...

Copyright © 2007 Massachusetts Medical Society. In 1967, northway et al. first described a new chronic respiratory disease, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, that developed in premature infants exposed to mechanical ventilation and oxygen supplementation.1 Two decades later, the same authors found that clinically significant respiratory symptoms and functional abnormalities persisted into adolescence...

Copyright © 2007 Massachusetts Medical Society. In 1967, northway et al. first described a new chronic respiratory disease, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, that developed in premature infants exposed to mechanical ventilation and oxygen supplementation.1 Two decades later, the same authors found that clinically significant respiratory symptoms and functional abnormalities persisted into adolescence...

OBJECTIVE To assess the role of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) initiated at birth for prevention of death and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very preterm infants. DESIGN Systematic review. DATA SOURCES PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and online Pediatric Academic Society abstracts from the year of inception to June 2013. ELIGIBILITY CRI...