Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of human newborn infants.

Patient Demographics		Clinical History
Sex	Race	GA (wks)	Age at exam (days)	Lobe lavage	Asthma	Chronic Cough	History of Mechanical Ventilation	Ventilator Dependent	History of Pneumonia	Acute Respiratory Failure	Interstitial Lung Disease	Steroids	Antibiotic use	Indications for study	Study Findings
M	Caucasian	34	56	RLL	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Surfactant Deficiency	Intestitial lung disease
M	Caucasian	35	54	RLL	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	airway obstruction	tracheal rings
M	Caucasian	36	66	RUL	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	airway obstruction	normal exam
M	Caucasian	36	37	LLL	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	ALTE	normal exam
F	African American	36	68	RUL	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	airway obstruction	laryngomalacia
F	Caucasian	37	72	RUL	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	subglottic stenosis	subglotiic stenosis
M	African American	37	51	RLL	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	airway obstruction	tracheal compression
M	Caucasian	37	68	RLL	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	airway obstruction	larynomalaia
F	African American	37	48	RUL	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Stridor	laryngeal edema
M	African American	37	54	LLL	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	airway obstruction	normal exam
M	Caucasian	38	80	Lingula	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	tracheomalacia	mild tracheomalacia
M	Other	38	76	RUL	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	tracheomalacia	tracheomalacia
F	Caucasian	39	54	RLL	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	airway obstruction	laryngeal hemangioma
M	Caucasian	39	42	RUL	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	tracheomalacia	tracheomalacia
M	Caucasian	40	61	RLL	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	tracheomalacia	mild tracheomalacia