Lung Function at 8 and 16 Years After Moderate-to-Late Preterm Birth: A Prospective Cohort Study

• Published in: Pediatrics (Evanston) Vol. 137; no. 4
• Main Authors: Thunqvist, Per, Gustafsson, Per M, Schultz, Erica S, Bellander, Tom, Berggren-Broström, Eva, Norman, Mikael, Wickman, Magnus, Melén, Erik, Hallberg, Jenny
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age Factors; Child; Cohort Studies; Female; Forced Expiratory Volume - physiology; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature - physiology; Lung - physiology; Lung Diseases - diagnosis; Lung Diseases - epidemiology; Lung Diseases - physiopathology; Male; Prospective Studies; Respiratory Function Tests - methods; Respiratory Function Tests - trends; Surveys and Questionnaires; Sweden - epidemiology

Knowledge regarding lung function after moderately preterm birth is limited. We therefore investigated lung function at early school age and adolescence among children born moderately preterm. Data were used from the Swedish prospective birth cohort BAMSE (Swedish abbreviation for Children, Allergy,...