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Volume 358:743-746 February 14, 2008 Number 7
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Chronic Lung Disease after Premature Birth

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by Baraldi, E.
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To the Editor: In their review article on chronic lung disease after premature birth, Baraldi and Filippone (Nov. 8 issue)1 comment on the absence of pathological findings in the lungs beyond infancy in survivors of bronchopulmonary dysplasia or prematurity. They also note that the characterization of the long-term pulmonary outcome after premature birth, including the development of bronchial asthma, remains primarily clinical, with no insight from tissue examination to guide management. We report a case of a 12-year-old boy with a history of prematurity (26 weeks' gestation; birth weight, 596 g) and bronchopulmonary dysplasia who died of an acute asthma . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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