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Long term respiratory outcomes of perinatal lung disease
25 January 2012
Sailesh Kotecha, Sarah J. Kotecha
Perinatal and infant mortality rates have decreased rapidly over the last few decades especially in industrialised countries. This has been partly attributed to the improved survival of infants born p...
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Long term respiratory consequences of intrauterine growth restriction
25 January 2012
Katharine Pike, J. Jane Pillow, Jane S. Lucas
Summary: Epidemiological studies demonstrate that in-utero growth restriction and low birth weight are associated with impaired lung function and increased respiratory morbidity from infancy, througho...
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Long term respiratory outcomes of late preterm-born infants
25 January 2012
Sarah J. Kotecha, Frank D. Dunstan, Sailesh Kotecha
Summary: In recent years, the rate of preterm births has risen in many industrialised countries with late preterm births forming a substantial proportion of the preterm births. Late preterm infants ar...
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Maternal and fetal origins of lung disease in adulthood
25 January 2012
Richard Harding, Gert Maritz
Summary: This review focuses on genetic and environmental influences that result in long term alterations in lung structure and function. Environmental factors operating during fetal and early postnat...
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Epidemiology of late and moderate preterm birth
24 January 2012
Carrie K. Shapiro-Mendoza, Eve M. Lackritz
Summary: Preterm birth affects 12.5% of all births in the USA. Infants of Black mothers are disproportionately affected, with 1.5 times the risk of preterm birth and 3.4 times the risk of preterm-rela...
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