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Pulmonary Function Testing in Sick, Preterm Infants

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Intensive Care in Childhood

Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((UICM,volume 25))

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Abstract

Infants with very low birth weight (VLBW) and respiratory disease have dominated neonatal intensive care units during recent decades. However, the pattern of morbidity has changed lately, and both the severity of the lung disorders and the number of sick neonates are decreasing. Improved pre- and postnatal care with increased use of prenatal maternal steroid treatment, exogenous surfactant, improved ventilatory techniques and methods for extracorporeal gas exchange are factors that might contribute to the change in both morbidity and mortality of newborn infants.

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  1. Dept. of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Sophia Children’s Hospital, University Hospital Rotterdam, Dr. Molewaterplein 60, NL-3015, GJ Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Dick Tibboel

  2. Dept. of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Pediatric, Intensive Care, Sophia Children’s Hospital, University Hospital Rotterdam, Dr. Molewaterplein 60, NL-3015, GJ Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Edwin van der Voort

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Edberg, K.E. (1996). Pulmonary Function Testing in Sick, Preterm Infants. In: Tibboel, D., van der Voort, E. (eds) Intensive Care in Childhood. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80227-0_36

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