PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - I Hyde
AU  - R E English
AU  - J D Williams
TI  - The changing pattern of chronic lung disease of prematurity.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.64.4_Spec_No.448
DP  - 1989 Apr 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 448--451
VI  - 64
IP  - 4 Spec No
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/64/4_Spec_No/448.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/64/4_Spec_No/448.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1989 Apr 01; 64
AB  - Thirty four infants with chronic lung disease of prematurity were reviewed and divided into two groups on the appearance of the chest radiograph. Type 1 disease (n = 19) was defined as homogeneous or patchy ill defined opacification in the lungs without coarse reticulation, and type 2 disease (n = 11) had the classical appearance of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Four patients could not be classified. We conclude that type 1 disease represents typical chronic lung disease of premature infants, and type 2 is usually complicated by pulmonary interstitial emphysema. As no infant with type 1 disease died, its histopathological basis is unknown.