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[Premature infants bronchopulmonary dysplasia: past and present].
Revue de pneumologie clinique - 1 Aug 2013
Hadchouel A, Delacourt C
Abstract excerpt
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common chronic respiratory disease in premature infants. BPD was first described by Northway in 1967 as a chronic respiratory condition that developed in premature infants exposed to mechanical ventilation and high oxygen supplementation. DBP is currently defined by the need for supplemental oxygen at 28 days of life (mild BPD) and at the 36 weeks of post-menstrual age...
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