Exercise fitness at 14 years: Good news for antenatal corticosteroids

The lungs of infants born with very low birth weight (VLBW) are not normal at term, even without a history of prematurity associated lung disease. Their lungs can continue to remodel for perhaps 20 years to be functionally close to normal, but the effects of aging on the previously preterm lung remain essentially unknown. Lung function of infants born at normal term can be categorized into quartiles from lower to higher function. Remarkably, the children, and subsequently the adults, track within each quartile to at least 30 years of age.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: The Editors' Perspectives Source Type: research