Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Acute

What is Respiratory Distress Syndrome?

Infantile respiratory distress syndrome, also called respiratory distress syndrome of newborn, or increasingly surfactant deficiency disorder, and previously called hyaline membrane disease, is a syndrome .

  • Fever.
  • Shortness of breath.
  • Fast heart rate.
  • Extreme tiredness.
  • Coughing that produces phlegm.
  • Crackling sound in the lungs.
  • Blue fingernails or blue tone to the skin or lips.
  • Fast breathing, or taking lots of rapid, shallow breaths.
  • Failure of many organ systems.
  • Ventilator-associated pneumonia.
  • Pulmonary fibrosis (scarring of the lung)
  • Lung damage, such as a collapsed lung (also called pneumothorax) due to injury from the breathing machine needed to treat the disease.
  • Severe pneumonia.
  • Inhalation of harmful substances.
  • Head, chest or other major injury.
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
  • Sepsis. The most common cause of ARDS is sepsis, a serious and widespread infection of the bloodstream.
  • Others.

Other medical conditions, injuries, or medical procedures can raise your risk for ARDS. These may include: Inhaling vomit, smoke, chemical fumes, or water during a near drowning. Injury: An injury from a blow, burn, or broken bone can lead to ARDS.

To help prevent respiratory distress syndrome, doctors can give steroid medicines to pregnant women who are likely to deliver their babies early (before 37 weeks of gestation). Steroids help the baby's lungs mature and make more surfactant before the baby is born.

How is it diagnosed?

How is it diagnosed?

Treatment for RDS may include: Placing an endotracheal (ET) tube into the baby's windpipe. Mechanical breathing machine (to do the work of breathing for the baby) Supplemental oxygen (extra amounts of oxygen)

How is it treated?

Treatment for acute myeloid leukemia is vital. It varies with the patient and stage of the disease. Treatment options include

  • Antenatal corticosteroids (discussed later in the topic)
  • Monitoring oxygenation and ventilation.
  • Assisted ventilation of the neonate.
  • Exogenous surfactant therapy.
  • Supportive care, including thermoregulation, nutritional support, fluid and electrolyte management, antibiotic therapy, etc

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