[Chronic interstitial lung diseases in childhood: bronchopulmonary dysplasia and exogenous allergic alveolitis].
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic lung disease that develops in preterm infants treated with oxygen and positive-pressure ventilation for respiratory distress syndrome. Despite the introduction of new treatment modalities (surfactant therapy, high-frequency oscillation) and improvements in the outcome of critically ill preterm infants, BPD has become an extremely important complication of neonatal intensive care and the most common form of chronic lung disease in infants. Specific pathogenesis, treatment modalities, prognosis, and multidisciplinary approaches to the prevention of BPD are described in detail. Extrinsic allergic alveolitis ("hypersensitivity pneumonitis") is a rare pulmonary disease in childhood due to inhaled organic dust, containing fungal antigens, thermophilic actinomycetes, or avian proteins. Diagnosis is often difficult, but it should be considered in every child with persistent and otherwise unexplained respiratory symptoms.
Klinische Abteilung für Pulmonologie und Allergologie, Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde Graz.
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D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012307:Risk Factors
Chronische interstitielle Lungenerkrankungen im Kindesalter: Bronchopulmonale Dysplasie und Exogen Allergische Alveolitis.