Prevalence of Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Neonates

Journal Title: The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine - Year 2019, Vol 70, Issue 0

Abstract

Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome is defined as acute diffuse inflammatory lung injury causing increased pulmonary vascular permeability with increased lung weight, loss of aerated lung tissues leading to hypoxemia and bilateral radiographic opacities associated with increased venous admixture, increased physiological dead space and decreased lung compliance

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(2019). Prevalence of Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Neonates. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 70(0), 257-264. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-492543