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Respiratory Tract Diseases > Respiration Disorders > Respiratory Distress Syndrome > Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn
Respiratory Tract Diseases > Lung Diseases > Respiratory Distress Syndrome > Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Infant, Newborn, Diseases > Infant, Premature, Diseases > Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn

Preferred term

Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Infantile Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Infant

Note

  • for adults use RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; do not confuse with "respiratory distress" which may be RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY or a specific; do not confuse with SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME

Scope note

  • A condition of the newborn marked by DYSPNEA with CYANOSIS, heralded by such prodromal signs as dilatation of the alae nasi, expiratory grunt, and retraction of the suprasternal notch or costal margins, mostly frequently occurring in premature infants, children of diabetic mothers, and infants delivered by cesarean section, and sometimes with no apparent predisposing cause.

History note

  • 2004 (1965)

In other languages

  • vastasyntyneen hengitysvaikeusoireyhtymä

    Finnish

  • dyspnoea neonatalis
  • dyspnoea neonatalis non specificata
  • hyaliinikalvotauti
  • molimina respiratoria neonati
  • määrittämätön vastasyntyneen hengitysvaikeus
  • syndroma dyspnoicum neonatale
  • vastasyntyneen hengitysvaikeus
  • vastasyntyneen hengitysvaikeussyndrooma
  • vastasyntyneen RD-oireyhtymä
  • vastasyntyneen RD-syndrooma
  • Andnödssyndrom hos nyfödda

    Swedish

  • Akut lungsvikt
  • Hyalinmembransjuka

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012127

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