Chest Wall Development in Infancy and Beyond: What to Watch and When to Worry

Course overview

Newborns, struggling to survive from prematurity, heart/lung conditions, rare syndromes, etc., work hard to breathe. This often creates atypical mechanical forces on their rapidly developing chest walls and may result in acquired chest wall deformities. We'll look at how the chest wall develops in healthy 0 - 12 month old babies and compare that to infants struggling to survive (increase work of breathing).