Key points Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a common complication of prematurity that results from abnormal lung development and injury that leads to chronic impairment of lung function. Use of standardized diagnostic classifications of BPD and its severity is important in…
Key points Understanding the physiology of neonatal respiratory control has served as an effective guide to common therapeutic approaches. Both the acute and longer-term consequences of intermittent hypoxemia and apnea of prematurity are subjects of intense interest. Intermittent hypoxemia may…
Introduction More than half a century after its first description by Northway and colleagues, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) continues to be the most common respiratory morbidity in extremely preterm infants surviving after different modes of respiratory support. Over the years, the…
The introduction of mechanical ventilation for the management of premature infants with severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in the 1960s changed the natural course of the disease, resulting in increased survival of smaller and sicker infants, many of whom had…