title: Adult outcome of congenital lower respiratory tract malformations.
abstract: In this article, the most important lower respiratory tract malformations are briefly reviewed, with special focus on those factors that may have some impact on the long-term respiratory outcome of specific lesions, like the amount of lung tissue resected, compensatory lung growth, lung hypoplasia, intensive care and mechanical ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Klinische Abteilung für Pulmonologie und Allergologie, Univ.-Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Graz, Osterreich. ernst.eber@meduni-graz.at
authors.forename: Ernst
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015615:Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D015619:Respiratory System Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery