Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

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Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
ICD-10	P 27.1
ICD-9	770.7
DiseasesDB	1713
eMedicine	ped/289
MeSH	D001997

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic lung disorder that is most common among children who were born prematurely, with low birthweights and who received prolonged mechanical ventilation to treat respiratory distress syndrome. It is characterized by inflammation and scarring in the lungs. It develops most commonly in the first 4 weeks after birth.

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v • d • e Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P, 760-779)
Maternal factors and complications	Umbilical cord prolapse - Nuchal cord - Chorioamnionitis
Length of gestation and fetal growth	Small for gestational age - Large for gestational age - Premature birth - Postmature birth
Birth trauma	Cephalhematoma - Brachial plexus lesion (Erb's palsy, Klumpke paralysis)
Respiratory	Intrauterine hypoxia - Infant respiratory distress syndrome - Transient tachypnea of the newborn - Meconium aspiration syndrome - pleural disease (Pneumothorax, Pneumomediastinum) - Wilson-Mikity syndrome - Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Cardiovascular	Pneumopericardium - Persistent fetal circulation
Haemorrhagic and haematological/ hematologic disease	Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn - Hemolytic disease of the newborn - Rh disease - Hydrops fetalis - Hyperbilirubinemia (Kernicterus, Neonatal jaundice)
Digestive system	Ileus - Necrotizing enterocolitis
Integument and temperature regulation	Erythema toxicum
Other disorders	Periventricular leukomalacia - Gray baby syndrome - muscle tone (Congenital hypertonia, Congenital hypotonia) - Perinatal infection (Congenital rubella syndrome) - Velamentous cord insertion - Omphalitis