The incidence and characteristics of neonatal irreversible lung dysplasia

J Pediatr. 2002 Sep;141(3):426-8. doi: 10.1067/mpd.2002.126602.

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).

MeSH terms

  • Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / epidemiology*
  • Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / mortality
  • Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / pathology
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy
  • Retrospective Studies
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology