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 Pijnenburg

Published 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.

Keyphrases

preterm infants

early onset

low birth weight

drug induced