Prematurity and associated future paediatric airway pathology: experience from a single tertiary paediatric ENT centre

ConclusionsPremature patients account for a significant proportion of the workload within our tertiary centre due to improving neonatal care and survival in pre-term infants. We suggest early paediatric ENT evaluation for ex-premature patients with symptoms of airway pathology, with a low threshold for MLB. Improving neonatal survival rates in ever-increasing prematurity will require the further provision of specialist paediatric ENT services to manage their ongoing care.
Source: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Category: ENT & OMF Source Type: research