Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
ORPHA:70589· ICD-10 P27.1
Definition
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is a chronic respiratory disease that results from complications related to lung injury during the treatment of infant acute respiratory distress syndrome in low-birth-weight premature infants or from abnormal lung development in older infants. Clinical signs are tachypnea, tachycardia and signs of respiratory distress such as intercostal recession, grunting and nasal flaring.
- Prevalence
- 1-5 / 10 000
- Inheritance
- Not applicable
- Age of onset
- Infancy, Neonatal