Incidence and Outcome of Surfactant Therapy in Premature Neonates in ICU of KAMC

Lung ultrasound in diagnosing neonatal respiratory distress syndrome: a meta-analysis

“…3 Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS) is a primary cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm newborn because of breathing disorders involving a lack of surfactant in the lung and structural pulmonary immaturity. 4,5 Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome is a common reason for admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), with newborns exhibiting tachypnea, poor feeding, nasal flaring, grunting, cyanosis, intercostal retraction, and reduction of respiratory sounds upon lung auscultation. In under developed countries, the mortality rate of NRDS is ten times higher than that of in developing countries, reaching about 60%.…”