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Displasia broncopulmonar - Overview

Nombres alternativos

DBP; Enfermedad pulmonar crónica en niños; EPC en niños

Definición:

Es un trastorno pulmonar crónico que afecta a bebés recién nacidos que han estado con un respirador al nacer o que nacieron muy prematuros.

Causas:

La displasia broncopulmonar (DBP) se presenta en bebés gravemente enfermos que han recibido altos niveles de oxígeno durante largos períodos de tiempo o que han estado conectados a un respirador (ventilador).

Es más común en bebés nacidos antes de tiempo (prematuros), cuyos pulmones no estaban completamente desarrollados al nacer.

Los factores de riesgo son, entre otros:

Cardiopatía congénita.
Prematuridad, generalmente en bebés nacidos antes de las 32 semanas de gestación.
Infección pulmonar o respiratoria grave.

El riesgo de la displasia broncopulmonar grave ha disminuido en los últimos años.

Reviewed last on: 6/10/2011
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Denis Hadjiliadis, MD, Assistant Proessor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Cowie RL, Murray J, Becklake MR. Disorders of the intrathoracic airways. In: Mason RJ, Broaddus VC, Martin TR, et al, eds. Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 44.

Dudell GG, Stoll BJ. Respiratory tract disorders. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 101.

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