Chest radiography and pulmonary mechanics in ventilator treated low birth weight infants.
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.
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