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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-4-19
pubmed:abstractText
This report describes a syndrome of delayed respiratory distress occurring in premature infants usually under 1,250 gm at birth. Unlike hyaline membrane disease, this syndrome occurs after four to seven days in a previously healthy infant; also unlike hyaline membrane disease, it persists for two to four weeks. Chronic pulmonary insufficiency of prematurity (CPIP) carries a 10% to 20% mortality rate. The infants are frequently apneic, require supplemental oxygen, but lack the radiologic findings of hyaline membrane disease or bronchopulmonary dysplasia. When compared with nondistressed infants of similar birthweight, infants with CPIP demonstrate slowly progressive atelectasis, hypoxemia, and hypercapnia. Recovery is usually complete by 60 days of age. The importance of CPIP is that an awareness of its existence can eliminate a false sense of security, often communicated to anxious parents, during the four-to-seven-day grace period before its appearance is clinically obvious. The physiologic similarities between CPIP and hyaline membrane disease suggest that lack of surfactant may play a role in the pathogenesis of CPIP.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0031-4005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
55-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic pulmonary insufficiency of prematurity (CPIP).
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.