Serial lung volume measurements during the perinatal period in infants with abdominal wall defects

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Title
Serial lung volume measurements during the perinatal period in infants with abdominal wall defects
Journal
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Author(s)
Laubscher  B., Greenough  A., Dimitriou  G., Davenport  M., Nicolaides  K. H.
ISSN
0022-3468 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
03/1998
Volume
33
Number
3
Pages
497-9
Notes
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Mar
Abstract
METHODS: Daily measurements of lung volume (functional residual capacity, FRC) were made during the perinatal period in eight infants (median gestational age, 37 weeks; range, 34 to 38 weeks) with abdominal wall defects. RESULTS: On the first day of life and before surgical intervention, four infants had FRCs below the reference range; the occurrence of low lung volumes was not significantly related to gestational age or diagnosis. Lung volume was further, but only temporarily, impaired by surgical closure of the abdominal wall defect, with a reduction in the median FRC from 25 mL/kg (range, 18 to 36) preoperatively to 12 mL/kg (range, 5 to 19) on the first postoperative day (P < .02). CONCLUSION: These data are consistent with abnormal antenatal lung growth in certain infants with abdominal wall defects.
Keywords
Abdominal Muscles/*abnormalities/surgery Abnormalities/surgery *Functional Residual Capacity Hernia, Umbilical/physiopathology/surgery Humans Infant, Newborn
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