title: Airway Disease and Management in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.
abstract: This article presents an overview of the diagnosis and management of airway problems encountered in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Respiratory failure in premature infants develops as a result of parenchymal and airway diseases. The survival of increasingly premature infants and the ventilatory support required by premature lungs may result in airway disease. The management of respiratory failure depends on whether it is primarily caused by parenchymal versus airway diseases. Continuous airway pressure early in the neonatal period has favorably changed the incidence of BPD. This article discusses the indications, timing, and guidelines for care of tracheotomy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA. Electronic address: Raouf.Amin@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: Raouf S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rutter
mesh_terms: D055091:Bronchomalacia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007829:Laryngostenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000628:therapy*; D055089:Tracheobronchomalacia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D055090:Tracheomalacia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000379:methods; D015300:Ventilator Weaning
keywords: Bronchomalacia; Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Failure to extubate; Subglottic stenosis; Tracheomalacia; Tracheotomy