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Broncho Pulmonary Dysplasia

How is it treated?

In BPD, there may be a continuing need for the baby to have some form of breathing support. This may persist for some weeks or even months with a few babies actually going home on oxygen supplementation. 

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Medical text written November 1991 by Contact a Family. Approved November 1991 by Professor M Patton, Professor of Medical Genetics, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK and Dr J E Wraith. Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. Last updated November 2004 by Dr R Rivers, Consultant Paediatrician, Special Care Baby Unit, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.

 

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