Chest X-rayChest ultrasoundTo study the value of lung ultrasound as early diagnostic tool in RDS. Forty preterm neonatal patients were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit in Madina national hospital suffering from respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Diagnosis of RDS was based on clinical ...
Abdominal X-ray (if abdominal signs present on examination) Other investigations More recently,scoring systemshave been developed in an attempt to predict the risk of neonatal sepsis, guide management and reduce unnecessary antibiotic exposure. Currently, the most commonly used is theKaiser Permanente ...
especially in the most sensitive group of preterm infants with RDS.45 Moreover, a recent study in 49 neonates confirmed that LUS has been found to have much better sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV than the chest X-ray in diagnosing pneumothorax.46 A case report describes a successful eme...
Neonatal RDS occurs when the quantity of SAM is insufficient or when there is delayed synthesis or release of surfactant (e.g., in infants of diabetic mothers). Giving betamethasone to the fetus, by way of the mother, before 36 weeks' gestation accelerates the production and...
Neonatal pneumonia is a serious respiratory disease with the potential of high mortality and morbidity, especially in developing countries and in very premature neonates. Its impact may be increased in case of early onset, and or an underlying pulmonary condition like RDS, aspiration or CLD when th...
Preterm infants are at high risk of developing respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Mutations in the genes encoding for surfactant proteins B and C or the ATP-binding cassette transporter A3 (ABCA3) are rare but known to be associated with severe RDS and
(ABG) analysis/capillary blood gas, and chest X-ray (CXR). CXR helps in differentiating the various neonatal respiratory causes of distress. The CXR finding of RDS includes low lung volume, ground glass appearance, air bronchograms, reticulogranular pattern and white out lung [120]. The CXR ...
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a leading cause of infant death and morbidity in preterm births. While various biomarkers have been linked to the development of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), no clinically relevant prognostic tests are available for BPD at birth125. There are ML studies ...
The baby boy had respiratory distress with some pneu- monic changes seen on chest X-ray. A blood sample was collected with complete aseptic precaution into aerobic and anaerobic blood culture bottle (BacT/ALERT® 3D; bioMérieux, Marcy-l'Etoile, France). He was then em- pirically treated ...
3. Chest X-ray suggestive of pneumonia (nodular or coarse patchy infiltrate, diffuse haziness or granularity, air bronchogram, lobar or segmental consolidation); radiological changes not resolved within 48 hours 4. Positive sepsis screen (any of the following): a. Bands >20% of leucocytes b...