Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Introduction: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: A rare form of infant lung disease that usually occurs as a complication of ventilator use in premature babies. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is available below.

Symptoms of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

• Rapid shallow breathing (tachypnea)
• Sucked-in ribs
• Chest (retraction)
• Cough
• Paradoxical or see-saw respiration - movement of the chest and abdomen in opposite directions with every breath

See full list of 21 symptoms of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Bronchopulmonary dysplasia:

• Home Lung Function Tests

Medical Textbooks Online about Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

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Diagnostic Tests for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

• Chest x-rays
• Need for oxygen beyond 28th day

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Bronchopulmonary dysplasia?

• Misdiagnosis of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Underlying causes of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

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Causes of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

• Prematurity - about 90% of BPD cases are premature babies
• Respiratory distress syndrome
• Lung injury - from respirator treatment
• High pressure oxygen treatment - from respirator treatment
• Mechanical ventilation

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More information about causes of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia:

• Underlying causes of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Bronchopulmonary dysplasia as a complication caused by other conditions
• Bronchopulmonary dysplasia as a symptom

Treatments for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

• Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) - an average of 120 days
• Oxygen
• Artificial ventilation (respirator)
• Symptomatic treatment
• Surfactant treatment

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Prognosis for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

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Prevention of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Prevention information for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

• Avoid prematurity
• Corticosteroids - for mothers at risk of prematurity.

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Statistics for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

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Definitions of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia:

Chronic lung disease of infants, possibly related to oxygen toxicity or barotrauma, characterized by bronchiolar metaplasia and interstitial fibrosis. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or a subtype of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Bronchopulmonary dysplasia as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet