not, this isn’t understood perhaps the diminished D l

Rationale: Autopsied lungs of infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) demonstrate impaired alveolar development with larger and fewer alveoli, which is consistent with our previous physiologic findings of lower pulmonary diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (D l _CO) in infants and toddlers with BPD compared with healthy controls born at full term (FT). _CO in infants with BPD results from a reduction in both components of D l _CO: pulmonary membrane diffusing capacity (D m ) and Vc. (más…)