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  • Title: Airway resistance in infants after various treatments for hyaline membrane disease: special emphasis on prolonged high levels of inspired oxygen.
    Author: Stocks J, Godfrey S, Reynolds EO.
    Journal: Pediatrics; 1978 Feb; 61(2):178-83. PubMed ID: 345207.
    Abstract:
    Thoracic gas volume, airway resistance (Raw), and dynamic lung compliance (CL) were measured in 48 infants surviving after hyaline membrane disease. Some infants were found to have a small reduction in CL after recovery from the acute phase of the illness but no other abnormalities were detected, irrespective of the type of treatment received. When studied again between the ages of 4 and 10 months, CL had returned to normal, but all infants who had been treated with intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) during the neonatal period were found to have developed a raised Raw. In contrast, all nonventilated infants, including those who had received up to five days of oxygen therapy in concentrations above 80%, had normal lung function. We conclude that IPPV, and not the increased inspired oxygen concentration, damaged the airways and interfered with their growth.
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