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Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test. Below are the key points to recognise bronchopulmonary dysplasia — the full SA Note notes add investigations, management, complications and 10 practice questions.

Key high-yield points

  • Chronic lung disease of prematurity - oxygen requirement persisting beyond 28 days of life in a preterm infant, classified at 36 weeks corrected gestational age (CGA)
  • Affects ~20-40% of infants born <28 weeks; rare after 32 weeks
  • Modern ('new') BPD reflects arrested lung development (alveolar simplification, dysmorphic vasculature) rather than fibrotic scarring

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