Incidence of metabolic bone disease in preterm infants of birth weight <1250Â g and in those suffering from bronchopulmonary dysplasia

BPD infants are a special subset of patients among preterms who receive, in the first month of life, a lower energy intake than patients without BPD. BPD patients have a suboptimal bone growth and a higher incidence of MBD. Monitoring growth, bone status and optimizing nutritional intakes need to be further improved in preterm infants with BPD.