Long-Term Respiratory Consequences of Prematurity and Early-Life Exposures

Dear Colleagues,

Adverse early-life events may have respiratory consequences that bleed into childhood, adolescence, or even adulthood. Preterm-born children often experience long-term respiratory morbidity, including recurrent wheezing, asthma, lung-function abnormalities, and reduced exercise capacity. Furthermore, early-life exposures, such as perinatal antibiotics, viral infections, nutritional factors, environmental pollutants, and tobacco smoke, can significantly contribute to the development and progression of various respiratory disorders.

This Special Issue aims to highlight the latest discoveries with regards to the Long-Term Respiratory Consequences of Prematurity and Early-Life Exposures. We invite submissions of original research articles, reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and perspectives exploring various aspects of this field. Potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to, (1) the epidemiology of long-term respiratory morbidity in preterm-born individuals, (2) mechanisms underlying the respiratory morbidity of premature infants in later life, (3) the impact of early-life exposures on respiratory health and disease susceptibility, (4) socioeconomic and other environmental factors that may affect long-term respiratory outcomes in such populations, (5) biomarkers and diagnostic tools for the early detection and monitoring of individuals at risk, and (6) possible interventions to improve the long-term respiratory outcomes of preterm-born infants.

Dr. Sotirios Fouzas
Prof. Dr. Michael Anthracopoulos
Guest Editors

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