Chronic Lung Disease in Early Infancy (Lung Biology in Health and Disease)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Marcel Dekker
Published: September 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1062
ISBN-13: 9780824798710
Subjects: Paediatric medicine; Respiratory medicine; Pediatric Cardiology; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Pediatric respiratory diseases; Pediatrics; Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Infant, Newborn; Chronic Disease; Chronic diseases in children; Lung Diseases
First sentence: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) was first described in 1967 in a report documenting the clinical, radiologic, and pathological changes seen in prematurely born infants with severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) who had been treated with prolonged mechanical ventilation and warm, humidified 80-100% concentrations of oxygen (1).
Description: "This definitive volume presents the important 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 birthweight newborns - highlighting relevant animal models for studying the process of chronic lung disease through its evolution and during recovery."--BOOK JACKET.