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Long‐term Follow‐up of Ventilator Treated Low Birth weight Infants
Author(s) -
LINDROTH M.,
MORTENSSON W.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1986.tb10296.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchopulmonary dysplasia , pediatrics , low birth weight , bronchitis , weaning , pulmonary compliance , lung , gestational age , pregnancy , genetics , biology
. Chest X‐ray, pulmonary mechanics, clinical lung disease and growth were studied in 48 low birthweight infants surviving after ventilator treatment in the neonatal period. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) was present in 14 infants shortly after weaning off ventilator. At 4 to 6 years of age most patients had normal chest radiographs but 13 still showed signs of pulmonary fibrosis and hyperinflation. Most patients had low dynamic compliance and high pulmonary resistance shortly after ventilator treatment. All but 8, however, had normal findings at 1 to 11/2 years of age. Pneumonias and bronchitis were common during the first two years but thereafter declined in frequency. Weight and length development were retarded for BPD patients during the first two years and for non‐BPD patients for the first year. Both groups had a complete catch‐up.