ArticleTherapeutic advances in respiratory disease2017
Are preterm-born survivors at risk of long-term respiratory disease?
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- Early life insults as determinants of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adult life.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2018Pooled it
- Lung Function in a Multiethnic U.S. Cohort of Adolescents and Adults Born Preterm in the New BPD Era.Pediatric pulmonology · 2025Article
- Lung function in young adulthood in relation to moderate-to-late preterm birth.ERJ open research · 2024Article
- Increasing airway obstruction through life following bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a meta-analysis.ERJ open research · 2023Review
- Preterm Birth, Developmental Smoke/Nicotine Exposure, and Life-Long Pulmonary Sequelae.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Long-term expiratory airflow of infants born moderate-late preterm: A systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
- Impaired myocardial reserve underlies reduced exercise capacity and heart rate recovery in preterm-born young adults.European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging · 2021Article
- Characteristics of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exposed to Different Environmental Risk Factors: A Large Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2020Observational
- Respiratory morbidity, atopy and asthma at school age in preterm infants aged 32-35 weeks.European journal of pediatrics · 2019Observational
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Abstract
backgroundTo evaluate the long-term impact of preterm birth on respiratory function in female patients born preterm, we undertook spirometric examinations twice, as they reached the age of puberty, then follow-up examinations of part of the same cohort in adulthood. We sought evidence that preterm birth is correlated with poorer spirometric results into adulthood.
methodsA total of 70 girls (aged 12.2 ± 1.5 years in 1997) who had been born preterm (at 34.7 ± 1.86 weeks, none having experienced bronchopulmonary dysplasia) took part in spriometric examinations in 1997 and again in 1998. Of those, after a gap of 17 years, a group of 12 were successfully recontacted and participated in the 2015 examination as adults (then aged 27.6 ± 2.6 years, born at 34.5 ± 1.92 weeks). We compared spirometric results across the adolescent and adult examinations, and compared the adult results with an adult reference group.
resultsThe percentage values of FEV
conclusions(1) A somewhat below-norm level of respiratory parameters among preterm-born girls entering pubescence may attest to continued negative impact on their respiratory system. (2) A significant improvement in their spirometric results 1 year later may indicate that pubescence helps compensate for the earlier negative effect of preterm birth. (3) No significant differences were seen in lung function in preterm-born adults as compared with a reference group of adults, although the preterm-born group did exhibit lower values of all parameters studied and more frequent obstructive disorders.
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