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Abstract
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.
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- Infantile Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Infant
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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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
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2004 (1965)
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- National Library of Medicine. Newborn Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012127. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012127
- Newborn Respiratory Distress Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47519106