Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is a condition that affects babies born prematurely who have underdeveloped lungs and need to use breathing equipment to help them breathe. Pressure from the oxygen they receive causes lung tissue damage. Treatment helps lungs grow and allows the baby to breathe on their own.

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or BPD, is a serious lung condition that affects mostly babies who are born more than 10 weeks before their due date, weigh less than two and a half pounds, have breathing problems at birth and need long-term breathing support and oxygen.

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD; part of the spectrum of chronic lung disease of infancy) is a chronic lung disease in which premature infants, usually those who were treated with supplemental oxygen, require long-term oxygen. The alveoli that are present tend to not be mature enough to function normally.

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is chronic lung disease of the neonate that typically is caused by prolonged ventilation and is further defined by age of prematurity and extent of supplemental oxygen requirement. Diagnosis is based on prolonged need for oxygen supplementation and sometimes ventilatory support.

BPD is the result of a newborn's lungs not developing normally while the baby is growing in the womb, or not developing fully if the baby was born premature. Babies with BPD have fragile lungs that can be easily irritated or inflamed after birth. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) lung damage.