Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia is the most common long-term respiratory morbidity of low-weight or premature infants, with the risk of development proportional to the degree of prematurity. It is also referred to as chronic lung disease of premature babies. It is a chronic respiratory disease that often occurs in low-weight or premature infants who have received supplemental oxygen or have spent long periods on a breathing machine (mechanical ventilation), such as infants with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia occurs in older infants who experience abnormal lung development, an antenatal infection, placental abnormalities (like preeclampsia),...
