Definition of "bronchopulmonary" []

• Relating to the bronchial tubes and the lungs. (adjective)

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• "In this study, 74 percent of the infants -- those who developed a condition called bronchopulmonary dysplasia -- still needed supplemental oxygen at the estimated gestational age of 36 weeks, and a third of them were sent home with supplemental oxygen that continued for another 2-3 months."
• "Therefore, a color flow Doppler ultrasound showing a systemic arterial blood supply to the mass confirms the diagnosis of bronchopulmonary sequestration."
• "Like CCAMs, a fetal bronchopulmonary sequestration can also cause fetal hydrops, either from the mass effect or from a tension hydrothorax that results from fluid or lymph secretion from the bronchopulmonary sequestration."