A recent case report from the researchers at the University of São Paulo, published in the journal CLINICS, shows how newborns can also be infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) may reduce the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) compared with conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) in infants born at 34 weeks’ ...

Bringing the newborn home is such a special and emotional experience for parents, and yet with it come some unexpected challenges. One concern is Newborn Respiratory Distress Syndrome, wherein the ...

A gene change may explain why some newborn babies struggle for breath, and could lead to genetic biomarker-based tests to warn of the risk. Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a breathing ...

Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. This condition stems primarily from an insufficiency in pulmonary surfactant, a ...

THE respiratory-distress syndrome, or hyalinemembrane disease, is the commonest cause of death among newborn, especially premature, infants, and yet its pathogenesis remains a mystery and its ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Minimally invasive surfactant therapy did not lower mortality among preterm infants with respiratory distress ...

Surfactant therapy has become a routine for neonatal respiratory care and already proved to reduce morbidity and mortality in neonatal respiratory distress syndrome. The surfactant replacement has ...

CARBONIC anhydrase is a zinc metalloenzyme that reversibly catalyzes the hydration of carbon dioxide to bicarbonate and hydrogen ions according to the following equation 1: Blood was obtained from ...

China: Researchers have found in a new study that pulmonary surfactant (PS) therapy significantly improves arterial blood gas parameters and clinical symptoms in infants with neonatal respiratory ...