Fatty Acid Tube Feeding May Backfire for Preemie Breathing Disorder
(MedPage Today) -- For infants born significantly before term, enteral supplementation with omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) at best did not prevent bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and at worst may even cause harm, according to a... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 23, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Tracheostomy in a Preterm Infant with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
(Source: NeoReviews recent issues)
Source: NeoReviews recent issues - October 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Day Care Tied to Morbidity in Children Born Preterm With BPD
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 -- For children born preterm with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), those attending day care have increased likelihood of emergency department visits and systemic steroid usage, according to a study published online July 5 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 19, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Death Risk Doubles for Black Infants With BPD Death Risk Doubles for Black Infants With BPD
Black infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia were significantly more likely to die or to have a longer hospital stay than infants of other ethnicities, based on data from more than 800 infants.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Racial Disparities Seen in Preemie Lung Disease
(MedPage Today) -- For infants diagnosed with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), being born to a Black mother was associated with a greater likelihood of death and increased length of hospital stay, a cohort study found.
Despite no difference in... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - August 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
What Are Causes of Childhood Interstital Lung Disease?
Discussion
Interstitial lung disease in children (chILD) is less understood than adult interstitial lung disease (ILD) and is rare. Prevalence is ~ 0.13 to 16.2 per 100,000 children under age 17 years. chILD is an general term for respiratory disorders that are heterogeneous, chronic and impair lung function. While some define diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD) separately, the term ILD usually encompases DPLD. chILD has variable definitions and is “usually diagnosed if three of the following features are present:
1) respiratory symptoms (cough, rapid and/or difficult breathing, and exercise intolerance),
2) res...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - August 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Hydrocortisone Does Not Up Survival Without BPD in Preemies
THURSDAY, March 24, 2022 -- For extremely preterm infants, hydrocortisone started on postnatal day 14 to 28 does not result in substantially higher rates of survival without moderate or severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia, according to a study... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 24, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Hydrocortisone does not prevent lung complication in extremely preterm infants
Scientists studied a potential treatment for bronchopulmonary dysplasia. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - March 23, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
William Northway, Influential Pediatric Radiologist, Dies at 89 William Northway, Influential Pediatric Radiologist, Dies at 89
He discovered bronchopulmonary dysplasia through examining x-rays of premature infants.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 25, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Radiology News Source Type: news
What Are Some Mast Cell Disorders?
Discussion
Mast cells (MCs) were first discovered by Paul Ehrlich in 1878. Previously in 1869, Nettleship and Tay described a toddler with chronic urticaria and a brown skin lesion which is believed to be the first reported case of mastocytosis. Urticaria pigmentosa was a term first used by Sangster in 1878, and in 1936 the term mastocytosis was used.
“Mast cells first evolved 500 million years ago in Ascidians (sea squirts), providing host innate immunity against bacteria and parasites….MCs gained additional functions regulating inflammation, wound healing, coagulation, adaptive immunity and acute allergic res...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 21, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Which Premature Infants Need Eye Exams?
Discussion
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a developmental problem. Term infants have full vascularization of the retina and therefore cannot have ROP. Premature infants however do not have full vascularization (which proceeds from the periphery to the central retinal area) and therefore may have abnormal and excessive vascularization. It affects premature infants primarily < 31 weeks gestation. Although the mechanism of ROP is not completely understood, increased oxygen levels are a risk factor. Additionally there is data which shows growth factors such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are increase,d re...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 31, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
What Are Risk Factors for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia?
Discussion
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) was first described in 1967 by Northway et.al. At that time it was described as “relatively mature preterm infants with severe respiratory failure to survive their initial respiratory distress syndrome after receiving aggressive respiratory support with high oxygen and positive pressure ventilation. Their clinical course was characterized by severe chronic respiratory failure with a radiographic picture showing areas of hyperinflation alternating with adjacent increased densities.” This is often referred to as “Old BPD.”
Over time more has been learned and...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 10, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
What Are Some Etiologies for Intellectual Disability?
Discussion
“Intellectual disability (ID) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by deficits in both intellectual functioning and adaptive function whose onset is in the development period.” Global developmental delay (GDD) is used to describe children from 0-5 years old with significant delays in 2 or more developmental areas. These delays may be transient but up to 2/3 of children with GDD will have ID. Overall 1-3% of the general population has ID which makes it very common.
Most children with GDD/ID are identified because of delays in meeting milestones or general academic achievement. ID pat...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 3, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Validating a better way to stratify BPD risk in vulnerable newborns
(Children's National Hospital) Factoring in the total number of days that extremely preterm infants require supplemental oxygen and tracking this metric for weeks longer than usual improves clinicians' ability to predict respiratory outcomes according to bronchopulmonary dysplasia severity, finds research led by Children's National Hospital. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Hormone adjustment may lead to new ways to prevent and treat lung damage in premature infants
(Elsevier) Prematurely born babies often need oxygen therapy to prevent brain damage or death. Unfortunately, excessive oxygen can damage immature lungs and cause severe life-long problems including bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and pulmonary hypertension (PH). A new study in The American Journal of Pathology, published by Elsevier, provides insights into the important role that the hormone adrenomedullin plays in the development, recovery, and prevention of BPD and PH. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
