Impact of erythromycin on respiratory colonization of Ureaplasma urealyticum and the development of chronic lung disease in extremely low birth weight infants

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 615-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELLEN D. BOWMAN ◽  
ANANDA DHARMALINGAM ◽  
WEI-QUI FAN ◽  
FIONA BROWN ◽  
SUZANNE M. GARLAND
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Lung Disease ◽  
Chronic Lung Disease ◽  
Ureaplasma Urealyticum ◽  
Extremely Low Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants

scholarly journals The Effect of the National Shortage of Vitamin A on Death or Chronic Lung Disease in Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants

2014 ◽  
Vol 168 (11) ◽  
pp. 1039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veeral N. Tolia ◽  
Karna Murthy ◽  
Pam S. McKinley ◽  
Monica M. Bennett ◽  
Reese H. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
Lung Disease ◽  
Chronic Lung Disease ◽  
Extremely Low Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants

Prone positioning decreases episodes of hypoxemia in extremely low birth weight infants (1000 grams or less) with chronic lung disease

1997 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy McEvoy ◽  
Maria Elena Mendoza ◽  
Susan Bowling ◽  
Valerie Hewlett ◽  
Smeeta Sardesai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Lung Disease ◽  
Chronic Lung Disease ◽  
Extremely Low Birth Weight ◽  
Prone Positioning ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants

scholarly journals Ventilatory management in extremely low birth weight infants

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaun Morris ◽  
Karen Choong
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Lung Disease ◽  
Chronic Lung Disease ◽  
Extremely Low Birth Weight ◽  
High Frequency Ventilation ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Ventilator Induced Lung Injury ◽  
Frequency Ventilation

The improvement in survival in premature infants associated with the evolution of mechanical ventilation has been accompanied by an increase in ventilator induced lung injury. High frequency ventilation has been shown to reduce the incidence of ventilator induced lung injury and hence chronic lung disease in the very low birth weight infant. The evolution in understanding how to best use high frequency ventilation in this population has prompted us to ask whether similar strategies to optimize lung volumes on conventional mechanical ventilation can minimize chronic lung disease in the neonate. We retrospectively reviewed the medical charts of 51 extremely low birth weight infants born in Kingston, Ontario in two epochs, 1990 to 1991 and 1999 to 2000, for ventilatory strategy and outcome. From our review, it is clear that surfactant therapy rapidly changes lung mechanics by improving pulmonary compliance and that lung damage may result if there are not changes in the ventilatory management to reflect the altered compliance. Early ventilation strategies during the apparently stable "honeymoon period" in a patient with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) has significant implications on long term morbidity. In the era prior to the use of surfactant, 30% of infants died and 40% developed chronic lung disease (CLD). Immediately following the use of surfactant, mortality was reduced to 18%, however, the incidence of CLD increased to 78%. In the most recent era, following 10 years of experience with surfactant and mechanical ventilation, morbidity was 17% and CLD 21%. This study demonstrates that a particularly crucial time is in the immediate period following surfactant administration. The use of lower peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) and mean airway pressure (MAP) over the first 24 hours and an increase in the use of synchronous intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) was associated with an improved outcome. The challenge remaining is to determine how to best utilize a conventional mode of ventilation to best optimize lung volume and protect the immature lung.

Ureaplasma urealyticum and chronic lung disease in very low birth weight infants during the exogenous surfactant era

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 620-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT W. PERZIGIAN ◽  
JOHN T. ADAMS ◽  
GARY M. WEINER ◽  
MICHAEL A. DIPIETRO ◽  
LYNN K. BLYTHE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Lung Disease ◽  
Chronic Lung Disease ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Ureaplasma Urealyticum ◽  
Exogenous Surfactant ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants
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