Causes of neonatal distress
Dr Jeremy Jones et al.
Causes of neonatal distress can be broadly split into medial and surgical:
Medical
- respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)
- transient tachypnoea of the newborn (TTN)
- meconium aspiration syndrome
- bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
- patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- pulmonary interstitial emphysema (PIE)
- pulmonary haemorrhage
- pulmonary hypoplasia
- unilateral pulmonary hypoplasia / agenesis
- pulmonary lymphangectasia
- persistent pulmonary hypoplasia of the newborn
- leaky lung syndrome
- neonatal pulmonary infection / neonatal pneumonia
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