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Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)

Anesthesia Implications

Clinically reviewed by anesthesia providers · Updated

Pulmonary HypertensionAvoid HypoxiaAvoid HypercarbiaAvoid AcidosisReactive AirwayBronchospasm riskDifficult AirwayAspirationHypoxiaRenal DysfunctionReduced Cardiac OutputAvoid HyperoxiaPostoperative Apnea

Pathophysiology

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia ( BPD ) is chronic lung disease of the preterm infant. Lung development arrests in the late canalicular and saccular stages, usually in babies born at 24 to 28 weeks who...

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