title: The incidence and characteristics of neonatal irreversible lung dysplasia.
abstract: A 3-year retrospective study of 173 neonates treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the United Kingdom identified 9 cases of irreversible lung dysplasia, including alveolar capillary dysplasia (n = 5), surfactant protein B deficiency (n = 1), pulmonary hypoplasia (n = 1), pulmonary lymphangiectasis (n = 1), and combined lymphangiectasis and hypoplasia (n = 1).
authors.affiliation: Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Great Ormond St Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cassidy
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haynes
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haworth
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Firmin
authors.forename: Kerry
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kasem
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology