Pepsin, a marker of gastric contents, is increased in tracheal aspirates from preterm infants who develop bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Farhath, Sabeena ^a   He, Zhaoping ^a   Nakhla, Tarek ^b   Saslow, Judy ^b   Soundar, Sam ^a   Camacho, Jeanette ^b   Stahl, Gary ^b   Shaffer, Stephen ^a   Mehta, Devendra I ^c   Aghai, Zubair H ^b,d  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^c NEMOURS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Division of Neonatology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Gastric aspiration; Gastroesophageal reflux; Pepsin; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

PEPSIN A; PEPSINOGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT MORTALITY; LAVAGE; LUNG DYSPLASIA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CONTENT; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; GASTRIC JUICE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PEPSIN A; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRACHEA;

EID: 38849206429     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0056     Document Type: Article

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