Background: Respiratory distress is one of the most common causes of admission in neonatal intensive care unit . Objective: To determine the causes and to study the various risk factors associated with development of respiratory distress and outcomes
Saleh Awad Bahwal +2 more
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Can Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase Differentiate between Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) and Transient Tachypnea of Newborn (TTN) in Preterm Neonates? [PDF]
Background: Respiratory distress is one of the most common causes for admission in NICU. Respiratory distress syndrome is a common cause for respiratory distress especially in the newborn while transient tachypnea of newborn TTN is a common cause in ...
Asmaa Moustafa +3 more
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Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy for Pulmonary Metastasized Germ Cell Tumors of the Testis - Be Aware of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome [PDF]
Background: Cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy is regarded as standard of care for patients with advanced germ cell tumors. In patients with lung metastases and a high tumor load, an association between induction chemotherapy and the development of
Parhofer, Klaus G. +6 more
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Kartagener syndrome: an uncommon cause of neonatal respiratory distress?
We report a newborn with respiratory distress and situs inversus totalis. The diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia was confirmed by both ultrastructural and functional investigations.
Hof, E. +4 more
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Beta Agonist Lung Injury TrIal-2 (BALTI-2) trial protocol : a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled of intravenous infusion of salbutamol in the acute respiratory distress syndrome [PDF]
Background: The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a common cause of respiratory failure in critically ill patients. Experimental studies suggest that treatment with beta agonists may be helpful in ARDS.
McCabe Chris +21 more
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Increased pulmonary vascular resistance in preterm newborn infants with respiratory distress syndrome is suggested, and endothelin-1 plays an important role in pulmonary vascular reactivity in newborns.
A.C.W. Benjamin +2 more
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Jarcho–Levin syndrome: A rare case of thoracic insufficiency syndrome in a newborn
Background: Jarcho–Levin syndrome (JLS) is a rare, congenital skeletal disorder involving the spine and the ribs, resulting in varying degrees of thoracic insufficiency, presenting at birth. We report such a case in a tribal population in India. Clinical
Nishant Prabhakar, Brijesh Patel
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Respiratory distress syndrome. Systematic review [PDF]
Respiratory distress syndrome is a prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality, however, patients who survive have sequelae due to lung damage which reduces their quality of life.
Cobos Alvarracín, Marcia Yolanda +7 more
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Novel ABCA3 mutations as a cause of respiratory distress in a term newborn [PDF]
We report here the case of a term female newborn that developed severe respiratory distress soon after birth. She was found to be a compound heterozygote for both novel mutations in the ABCA3 gene. ABCA3 deficiency should be considered in mature babies
Pinheiro, L +11 more
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The mutations in the ABCA3 (ATP-binding cassette transporter subfamily A member 3) gene could result in lethal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in neonates and interstitial lung disease (ILD) in infants and children.
Meili Wei, Haibo Fu, Aiqin Han, Liji Ma
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