title: [Respiratory symptoms in children with low birth weight with or without perinatal respiratory insufficiency].
abstract: We recorded prevalence of respiratory symptoms in 104 school children aged eight years (+/- 0.4 years) who were born with a weight below 2500 grams. Perinatal respiratory insufficiency (PRI) was observed in 18 children. Validation by medical records in 14 cases demonstrated that 7 children had been oxygen dependent over 1-5 days after birth, the other 7 children had required mechanical ventilation from 2 days up to 4 month. Children with a history of PRI did not suffer more frequently from "cough after exercise" (17%), "wheezing" (50%) or "frequent cough" (11%) than healthy children of low birthweight. Corresponding values were 26%, 38%, and 18% respectively. Multiple logistic regression analyses confirmed these observations. In children with a low birthweight PRI is not associated with respiratory symptoms at school age.
authors.affiliation: Universitätskinderklinik Freiburg/Breisgau.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Frischer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kühr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gitsch
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D001724:Birth Weight; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Respiratorische Symptome bei Kindern mit niedrigem Geburtsgewicht mit oder ohne perinatale respiratorische Insuffizienz.