Advantage of Prevention and Treatment in Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Abstract

Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS) is caused by deficiency of pulmonary surfactant (PS) in premature infants generally. But it is associated with gestational age, birthweight, asphyxia, caesarean birth, infection, use dexamethasone to mother before delivery, diabetic mother and fetus intrauterine hypoxia. Treated with ambroxol and dexamethasone to maternity before delivery may prevent the NRDS. High dose ambroxol, PS, continuous positive air-way pressure, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, inhaled NO, liquid ventilation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may be used earlier to newborns after birth to avoid aggravation of the disease.