Respiratory Outcomes in Preterm Infants: From Infancy through Adulthood

✍ Scribed by Anna Maria Hibbs, Marianne S. Muhlebach (eds.)

• Publisher: Humana Press
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 238
• Series: Respiratory Medicine
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents pulmonary outcomes of prematurity, from their emergence in infancy through to their consequences in adulthood. With an increasing number of preterm births and more infants surviving, there is now a larger population of adults with lung disease originating in infancy requiring specialized care. Looking at the whole group of preterm infants, not just those with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, this text covers a wide spectrum of pulmonary outcomes, including: pulmonary hypertension, wheezing, and alterations in sleep. The chapter authors focus on critically appraising what is and is not known about each outcome and suggest key questions that still need to be answered. Respiratory Outcomes in Preterm Infants: Sequelae from Infancy through Adulthood is an ideal reference for the multidisciplinary group that cares for these preterm infants and the adults they become, including: neonatologists, pediatric pulmonologists, pediatricians, adult pulmonologists, primary care physicians, nurses, and fellows.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
The Problem of the Preterm Lung: Definitions, History, and Epidemiology....Pages 1-14
Why Do Preterm Infants Wheeze? Clues from Epidemiology....Pages 15-29
Why Do Former Preterm Infants Wheeze? Clues from the Laboratory....Pages 31-43
The Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Diagnosis: Definitions, Utility, Limitations....Pages 45-60
Structural and Functional Changes in the Preterm Lung....Pages 61-80
Diagnostic Modalities: Pulmonary Function Testing and Imaging....Pages 81-98
Longer Term Sequelae of Prematurity: The Adolescent and Young Adult....Pages 99-118
Adverse Outcomes Do Not Stop at Discharge: Post-NICU Health Care Use by Prematurely Born Infants....Pages 119-137
Opportunities to Promote Primary Prevention of Post Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Respiratory Morbidity in the Premature Infant....Pages 139-159
Sleep Outcomes in Children Born Prematurely....Pages 161-179
Airway Outcomes....Pages 181-195
Pulmonary Hypertension in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia....Pages 197-213
Infection and Inflammation: Catalysts of Pulmonary Morbidity in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia....Pages 215-229
Back Matter....Pages 231-235

✦ Subjects

Pneumology/Respiratory System;Intensive / Critical Care Medicine;Pediatrics