Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: From Neonate to Adult

Abstract

“Bronchopulmonary dysplasia” is a term devised in 1967 to describe chronic lung disease in premature infants treated for respiratory distress syndrome. With improving management techniques, younger and lower birth-weight infants now are surviving after they are born at increasingly premature stages of lung development. Despite improving management techniques, the overall incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia has not changed significantly over time, but the clinical definition and radiographic features have evolved accordingly.1