Small for gestational age birth may increase airflow limitation in bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

Yoon Hee KimKyung Won KimHo Sun EunJung Eun ShinIn Suk SolSoo Yeon KimYoung Suh KimMyung Hyun Sohn Ran Namgung

Published in: Pediatric pulmonology (2019)

In infants with BPD, tPEF /tE could be a useful pulmonary index which shows lower values in severe BPD. The finding of SGA in infants with BPD could be associated with poor pulmonary function related to the tPEF /tE values.

Keyphrases

gestational age
birth weight
preterm birth
pulmonary hypertension
drug induced
physical activity
weight loss