Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS) is a disorder primarily of prematurity manifest by respiratory distress.
System(s) affected: respiratory
Synonym(s): hyaline membrane dise...
Preterm neonates with worsening respiratory distress beginning at or shortly after birth and progressing over first few hours of life
Early interventions can modify classic course
Respiratory support (3)[C]
If no respiratory failure: early initiation of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
If respiratory failure: Intubate, ventilate as needed, and...
Bell EF, Acarregui M. Restricted versus liberal water intake for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. ...
Early treatment with CPAP or pulmonary surfactant can modify clini...
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<bold>FIGURE 4.6 Lateral views of the adult lungs.</bold> Knowledge of the fissures between lungs facilitates a respiratory examination. Pneumonias and other fluid accumulations can be restricted to individual lung lobes and, thus, can be detected by appreciating a line of dullness, or rubbing when the chest wall is tapped or the lungs are auscultated.
<bold>FIGURE 4.6 Lateral views of the adult lungs.</bold> Knowledge of the fissures between lungs facilitates a respiratory ex...
<bold>FIGURE 4.11 Major families of respiratory stress.</bold> Most people who have difficulty breathing suffer from bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, or some combination of these. As shown schematically, a patient can experience one, two, or all three of these conditions at once. The box perimeter indicates patients with some form of airway obstruction (11). Patients with two or more of these conditions are more common than patients with only one.
<bold>FIGURE 4.11 Major families of respiratory stress.</bold> Most people who have difficulty breathing suffer from bronchiti...