Structural and functional ventilatory impairment in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Esther van MastrigtEllaha KakarPierluigi CietHerman T den DekkerKoen F JoostenPatricia KalkmanRenate SwarteAndré A KroonHarm A W M TiddensJohan C de JongsteIrwin ReissLiesbeth DuijtsMariëlle W H PijnenburgPublished in: Pediatric pulmonology (2017)
Most preterm infants with severe BPD have structural lung abnormalities and impaired ventilatory function early in life, partly explained by birth characteristics and infant growth.