The effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on early infant lung function

…, MR Segal, TD Tosteson, RG Castile… - American Review of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
We studied the effect of prenatal maternal cigarette smoking on the pulmonary function (PF)
of 80 healthy infants tested shortly after birth (mean, 4.2±1.9 wk). Mothers' prenatal smoking …

An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: classification, evaluation, and management of childhood interstitial lung disease in infancy

…, LR Young, AS Brody, RG Castile… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Background: There is growing recognition and understanding of the entities that cause
interstitial lung disease (ILD) in infants. These entities are distinct from those that cause ILD in …

Lung function, pre-and post-natal smoke exposure, and wheezing in the first year of life

…, JP Hanrahan, TD Tosteson, RG Castile… - American Journal of …, 1993 - atsjournals.org
… Hanrahan JP, Tager IB, Castile RG, Segal MR, Weiss ST, Speizer FE. Pulmonary
function measures in healthy infants. Am Rev Respir Dis 1990; 141:1127-35. … Martinez FD …

Respiratory morbidity and lung function in preterm infants of 32 to 36 weeks' gestational age

AA Colin, C McEvoy, RG Castile - Pediatrics, 2010 - publications.aap.org
Normal lung development follows a series of orchestrated events. Premature birth interrupts
normal in utero lung development, which results in significant alterations in lung function …

Structural airway abnormalities in infants and young children with cystic fibrosis

FR Long, RS Williams, RG Castile - The Journal of pediatrics, 2004 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the airway structure of infants and young children with
cystic fibrosis (CF) differs from that of normal children by using high-resolution computed …

An official American Thoracic Society workshop report: optimal lung function tests for monitoring cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and recurrent wheezing …

…, N Beydon, C Calogero, RG Castile… - Annals of the …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Although pulmonary function testing plays a key role in the diagnosis and management of
chronic pulmonary conditions in children under 6 years of age, objective physiologic …

Airway size is related to sex but not lung size in normal adults

TR Martin, RG Castile, JJ Fredberg… - Journal of applied …, 1987 - journals.physiology.org
Within individuals, lung size as assessed by total lung capacity (TLC) or vital capacity (VC)
appears to be unrelated to airway size as assessed physiologically by maximum expiratory …

A comparison of the therapeutic effectiveness of and preference for postural drainage and percussion, intrapulmonary percussive ventilation, and high-frequency …

…, DA Filbrun, JS Tice, KS McCoy, RG Castile - Respiratory …, 2003 - rc.rcjournal.com
INTRODUCTION: Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients have abnormally viscid bronchial secretions
that cause airway obstruction, inflammation, and infection that leads to lung damage. To …

Pulmonary function in bronchopulmonary dysplasia

…, M Torres, RS Tepper, RG Castile… - Pediatric …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to examine lung function and bronchodilator responsiveness
in infants with a history of prematurity and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), using the …

Computed tomography in the evaluation of cystic fibrosis lung disease

AS Brody, HAWM Tiddens, RG Castile… - American journal of …, 2005 - atsjournals.org
The first report of computed tomography (CT) scanning to monitor cystic fibrosis (CF)–related
lung disease was published in 1986. Further publications followed, but in general there …