Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: new insights

N Ambalavanan, WA Carlo - Clinics in perinatology, 2004 - perinatology.theclinics.com
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a form of chronic lung disease that occurs in infants,
usually in preterm infants receiving respiratory support with mechanical ventilation or
prolonged oxygen supplementation. Soon after the introduction of positive pressure
ventilation for newborn infants [1], Northway et al [2] published the classic description of lung
injury characterized by airway injury, inflammation, and parenchymal fibrosis in preterm
infants who had received mechanical ventilation. With advances in neonatal care and …