BPD - Risk Factors
Introduction Pathogenesis General Risk factors Clinical Prevention Management Prognosis References Abbreviations Other Lectures		In addition to the previous pathogenetic factors, there are a number of identified clinical risk factors that increase the incidence of BPD. Birthweight/gestational age are related inversely to BPD ; i.e. the lower the Bwt/GA, the higher the BPD incidence PDA Antenatal maternal infection Colonization with Ureaplasma urealyticum Postnatal sepsis - septic babies have increased prostaglandins and other mediators which can adversely affect a PDA There are also several clinical scoring systems used to predict the risk of a particular baby developing BPD.