• Children born preterm at the turn of the millennium had better lung function than children born similarly preterm in the early 1990s 

      Vollsæter, Maria; Skromme, Kaia; Satrell, Emma Elsa Carolina; Clemm, Hege Synnøve Havstad; Røksund, Ola Drange; Øymar, Knut; Markestad, Trond; Halvorsen, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      OBJECTIVE: Compare respiratory health in children born extremely preterm (EP) or with extremely low birthweight (ELBW) nearly one decade apart, hypothesizing that better perinatal management has led to better outcome. ...
    • Development of lung diffusion to adulthood following extremely preterm birth 

      Satrell, Emma Elsa Carolina; Clemm, Hege Synnøve Havstad; Røksund, Ola Drange; Hufthammer, Karl Ove; Thorsen, Einar; Halvorsen, Thomas; Vollsæter, Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background Gas exchange in extremely preterm (EP) infants must take place in fetal lungs. Childhood lung diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) is reduced; however, longitudinal development has not been ...