Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Introduction

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
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 21 symptoms of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Bronchopulmonary dysplasia:

• Lung & Respiratory Health Tests:
  • Asthma-Related Home Test Kits
  • Home Lung Function Test Kits
• more tests...»

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Bronchopulmonary dysplasia:

• Bronchiolitis
• Pulmonary complications (see Lung symptoms)
• Heart complications
  • Cor pulmonale
  • Systemic hypertension
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

• Chest x-rays
• Need for oxygen beyond 28th day
• more tests...»

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Bronchopulmonary dysplasia?

• Misdiagnosis of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Failure to diagnose Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Hidden causes of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Self Assessment Tools

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• Chronic Lung Disorders -- Self Assessment Tools
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Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Medical Mistakes

• Asthma -- Health Mistakes
• Allergies -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia:

• Asthma
• Allergies
• Flu (influenza)
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Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Respiratory Disorders that may be Undiagnosed:
  • Asthma -- Undiagnosed
  • Allergies -- Undiagnosed
  • COPD -- Undiagnosed
  • Emphysema -- Undiagnosed
  • Chronic Bronchitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Lung Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Sinusitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Cystic Fibrosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Chronic lung diseases hard to diagnose: Some of the chronic lung diseases are difficult to diagnose. Even the well-knowns conditions such as asthma or lung cancer often fail to be diagnosed early. Some of the chronic lung diseases with diagnostic difficulties include asthma (perhaps surprisingly), COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, mesothelioma, smoker's cough, AIDS-related respiratory conditions (see AIDS), chronic pneumonia, and other respiratory diseases. Rare possibilities include diseases like psittacosis (bird-related lung infection). See other types of chronic lung diseases....read more »

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Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Lung Health Specialists (Pulmonologist):
  • Pulmonology (Lung Health Specialists)
  • Pediatric Pulmonology (Child Lung Health)
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Bronchopulmonary dysplasia:

• Lung Health (Pulmonology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Respiratory Disorders -- Rare Types:
  • Asthma -- Rare Types
  • Allergies -- Rare Types
  • COPD -- Rare Types
  • Emphysema -- Rare Types
  • Chronic Bronchitis -- Rare Types
  • Lung Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Sinusitis -- Rare Types
  • Cystic Fibrosis -- Rare Types
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

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
• more causes...»

See full list of 9 causes of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

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
• more treatments...»

See full list of 22 treatments for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Medical research articles related to Bronchopulmonary dysplasia include:

• Increased energy intake for preterm infants with (or developing) bronchopulmonary dysplasia/chronic lung disease
• Multiple versus single doses of exogenous surfactant for the prevention or treatment of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
• Environmental exposures and respiratory morbidity among very low birth weight infants at 1 year of life
• Cytokines Associated With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia or Death in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
• Is the frequency of recurrent chest infections, in children with chronic neurological problems, reduced by prophylactic azithromycin?
• Volume guarantee versus high-frequency ventilation: lung inflammation in preterm infants
• more research...»

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Patient Surveys for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

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Prognosis for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

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Reseach about 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.
• more preventions...»

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Statistics for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

• Medical statistics for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Death and Mortality statistics for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Society statistics for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Broader Related Topics

• Respiratory conditions
• Lung conditions
• more types...»

Types of 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