Respiratory failure in a child in the first months of life

Abstract

The article discusses diagnostic approaches to the patients of the first months of life with the signs of acute respiratory failure. It describes a clinical example of a two-month-old child with a cardiopulmonary insufficiency hospitalized in the infectious hospital; the insufficiency was regarded as a manifestation of acute infection of the lower respiratory tract. A detailed analysis of the situation revealed another reason – congenital heart disease. The authors discussed the issues of differential diagnosis.