The traditional view of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a self-inflicted
disease caused by tobacco smoking in genetically susceptible individuals has been …

Progressive improvements in perinatal care and respiratory management of preterm infants
have resulted in increased survival of newborns of extremely low gestational age over the …

Respiratory diseases in both children and adults are a major cause of morbidity and
mortality worldwide. Despite decades of research, mechanisms underlying the broad …

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) remains the most common complication of premature
birth, imposing a significant and potentially life-long burden on patients and their families …

Respiratory disease is unfortunately common in preterm infants with the archetype being
bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). BPD affects approximately 50,000 preterm infants in …

Background Survivors of prematurity are at risk for abnormal childhood lung function. Few
studies have addressed trajectories of lung function and risk factors for abnormal growth in …

Very preterm birth, before the gestational age (GA) of 32 weeks, increases the risk of
obstructed airflow in adulthood. We examined whether all preterm births (GA< 37 weeks) are …

Improved survival of extremely preterm newborn infants has increased the number of infants
at risk for developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Despite efforts to prevent BPD …

Adults born preterm, regardless of whether they develop bronchopulmonary dysplasia, have
underdeveloped respiratory and cardiopulmonary systems. The resulting impaired …

Introduction Very preterm birth is associated with lung function impairment later in life, but
several aspects have not been studied. We aimed to comprehensively assess lung function …