Updates on functional characterisation of bronchopulmonary dysplasia – the contribution of lung function testing
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic lung disease that predominantly affects prematurely born infants. Initially BPD was described in infants who had suffered severe respiratory failure and required high pressure, mechanical ventilation with high concentrations of supplementary oxygen. It n...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmed.2015.00035/full |