title: Chest radiography and pulmonary mechanics in ventilator treated low birth weight infants.
abstract: Forty preterm infants treated with intermittent positive pressure ventilation were examined with chest radiography and tests of lung mechanics soon after ventilator treatment was completed and again 5 to 15 months later. The results of the two examination modalities were compared and related to occurrence of respiratory tract infection during the first years of life.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000403:Airway Resistance; D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007385:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008170:Lung Compliance; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011859:Radiography; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology