PEDIATRICS Vol. 59 No. 6 June 1977, pp. 1012-1018
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Infantile Lobar Hyperinflation: Expectant Treatment

Daniel C. Shannon M.D.1, I. David Todres M.D.1, and Fergus M. B. Moylan M.B.1

1 Joseph S. Barr Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Arterial blood gases and regional lung function, measured with a 133xenon technique, were used to evaluate the physiological defects and follow the natural history of 16 infants with lobar hyperinflation ("emphysema"). Hypoxemia was due to V/Q inequality at rest. Worsening of hypoxemia (mean PaO2 Dgr -26 mm Hg) with crying was due to shunting as a consequence of cessation of ventilation in the involved lobe. Surgery was necessary in three patients. Two deaths were caused by bronchopulmonary dysplasia after respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). In 12 of 14 infants, lung function was normal between the ages of 5 days and 1 year.

Submitted on May 24, 1976
Accepted on August 19, 1976




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