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  2. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia - Wikipedia

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    Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD; part of the spectrum of chronic lung disease of infancy) is a chronic lung disease which affects premature infants.Premature (preterm) infants who require treatment with supplemental oxygen or require long-term oxygen are at a higher risk. [1]

  3. Infant respiratory distress syndrome - Wikipedia

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    However, only about half of infants with a gestational age (GA) below 30 weeks need surfactant treatment [14] [15] and prophylactic surfactant treatment increases the combined mortality and incidence of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) contrary to selective rescue surfactant treatment. [16]

  4. Preterm birth - Wikipedia

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    Babies born before 32 weeks have been shown to have a lower risk of death from bronchopulmonary dysplasia if they have CPAP immediately after being born, compared to receiving either supportive care or assisted ventilation. [146] There is insufficient evidence for or against placing preterm stable twins in the same cot or incubator (co-bedding ...

  5. Palivizumab - Wikipedia

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    All infants younger than one year who were born at <29 weeks (i.e. ≤28 weeks, 6 days) of gestation are recommended to use palivizumab. Infants younger than one year with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (i.e. who were born at <32 weeks gestation and required supplemental oxygen for the first 28 days after birth) and infants younger than two years with bronchopulmonary dysplasia who require medical ...

  6. Transient tachypnea of the newborn - Wikipedia

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    Usually, this condition resolves over 24–72 hours. Treatment is supportive and may include supplemental oxygen and antibiotics. The chest x-ray shows hyperinflation of the lungs including prominent pulmonary vascular markings, flattening of the diaphragm, and fluid in the horizontal fissure of the right lung.

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    What treatment is there for kidney disease? No matter what's behind kidney disease in any individual, there are multiple treatment options available - though CKD has no cure. "The treatments we ...

  9. Wilson–Mikity syndrome - Wikipedia

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    It is closely related to bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), differing mainly in the lack of prior ventilatory support. All the initial patients described with Wilson–Mikity syndrome were very low birth weight infants that had no history of mechanical ventilation , yet developed a syndrome that clinically resembled BPD.