The Importance of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

About 10,000 kids a year probably who are being born and end up getting BPD. bronchopulmonary dysplasia or chronic lung disease in infancy. It's the most common complication of prematurity,. thinking about pediatric pulmonary conditions. And while respiratory distress syndrome is largely due to surfactant deficiency, when you get past that phase, these kids have underdeveloped lungs.