Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Challenges and Advances
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 April 2025 | Viewed by 2624
Special Issue Editor
Interests: bronchopulmonary dysplasia; non-invasive ventilation; lung development; lung injury; neonatal sepsis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common chronic lung disease in infants. This condition occurs in preterm neonates with immature lungs due to genetic-environmental interactions. The environmental factors that contribute to the etiopathogenesis of BPD include exposure of the immature lung to sepsis (can be antenatal, i.e., chorioamnionitis, or postnatal, which can be locally in the lung or systemic), hyperoxia, and invasive ventilation, among other factors (e.g., for fluid and nutritional factors). There are several challenges to the diagnosis of BPD. In addition, understanding the pathogenesis, pathology, clinical dilemmas, management strategies, complications, and pulmonary and neurodevelopmental outcomes are still being investigated and optimized. We invite clinical/translational original research manuscripts as well as review articles addressing the specific areas about BPD, as noted above. Manuscripts discussing the controversies in the diagnostic criteria, utility of biomarkers, therapeutic approaches (e.g., for ventilation – both invasive and non-invasive strategies, drug therapies), complications (e.g. for BPD-associated pulmonary hypertension), and long-term issues post-NICU discharge are a few of the areas that will be considered appropriate for this Special Issue. Authors are encouraged to contact me directly ([email protected]) if they wish to discuss the specific area their article would focus on, prior to submission.
Prof. Vineet Bhandari
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bronchopulmonary dysplasia
- chronic lung disease
- epidemiology
- drug therapy
- nutrition
- invasive ventilation
- non-invasive ventilation
- biomarkers
- surfactant
- hyperoxia
- lung injury
