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Turkish Neonatal Society guideline on the management of respiratory distress syndrome and surfactant treatment.

Turkish Neonatal Society2018Over 5 years oldFull text
  • Cord management
  • CPAP and high flow
  • Delivery room and stabilisation
  • Mechanical ventilation
  • Medical
  • Newborn life support
  • Nursing
  • Preterm stabilisation
  • Respiratory
  • Respiratory distress syndrome and surfactant

This guideline is from 2018, more than five years ago. Check whether a newer version exists and which version your unit follows.

Summary

National guideline from the Turkish Neonatal Society on the management of respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants. It outlines the pathophysiology of surfactant deficiency and lung immaturity, and reviews antenatal steroids, delivery room stabilisation with placental transfusion, early CPAP, early rescue surfactant and gentler ventilation modes. It aims to standardise RDS management in neonatal intensive care units in Turkey.

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