The incidence and characteristics of neonatal irreversible lung dysplasia.

Abstract

A 3-year retrospective study of 173 neonates treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the United Kingdom identified 9 cases of irreversible lung dysplasia, including alveolar capillary dysplasia (n = 5), surfactant protein B deficiency (n = 1), pulmonary hypoplasia (n = 1), pulmonary lymphangiectasis (n = 1), and combined lymphangiectasis and hypoplasia (n = 1).

• Authors: Jane Cassidy, Jon Smith, Allan Goldman, Simon Haynes, Elizabeth Smith, Chris Wright, Sheila Haworth, Peter Davis, Richard Firmin, Kerry Kasem, Carl Davis
• Journal: The Journal of pediatrics (J Pediatr) Vol. 141 Issue 3 Pg. 426-8 (Sep 2002) ISSN: 0022-3476 [Print] United States
• PMID: 12219067 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (epidemiology, mortality, pathology)
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
• Humans
• Incidence
• Infant, Newborn
• Respiratory Insufficiency (therapy)
• Retrospective Studies
• United Kingdom (epidemiology)