Chronic Lung Disease of Early Infancy.
Presents the clinical and pathological features of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a disease that accounts for the majority of long-term hospitalizations, slow growth and recurrent early childhood respiratory ailments that are common in low-birth-weight newborns.
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Hoboken :
Informa Healthcare,
1999.
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Table of Contents:
- INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; CONTENTS; Historical Perspective Early Observations and Subsequent Evolution of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Epidemiology of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Clinical Risk Factors and Associated Clinical Conditions; Clinical Course and Lung Function Abnormalities During Development of Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease; Radiographic Features of BPD and Potential Application of New Imaging Techniques; Pathology of Chronic Lung Disease of Early Infancy; The Usefulness of Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Infants with Evolving Chronic Lung Disease.
- Inflammatory Mediators in Neonatal Lung DiseaseInfection in the Pathogenesis of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Ventilation Strategies and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Effect of Respiratory Care Practices on the Development of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Influence of Surfactant Replacement on Development of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Drug Treatment for Established BPD; Nutritional Issues in Chronic Lung Disease of Premature Infants; Pulmonary Fu.