Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome (NRDS) - Pediatrics - Pulmonology
Medicosis Perfectionalis · 6 Sept 2019 · 21 min
Summary
An explainer lecture on neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (hyaline membrane disease), covering surfactant deficiency as the cause, the lecithin to sphingomyelin ratio in diagnosis, hyaline membranes on histology and antenatal glucocorticoids for preterm babies. It is pitched at medical students and exam revision rather than current neonatal unit practice.
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