Neonatal Respiratory Distress

Laurie Hogden; Kayla Munger; Susan Duffek

Neonatal Respiratory Distress

S D Med. 2021 Jan;74(1):28-35.

Authors

Laurie Hogden^{1

2}, Kayla Munger^{3

4}, Susan Duffek^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neonatology, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
² Boekelheide Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Sanford Children's Hospital, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
³ University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine.
⁴ Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
⁵ Section of Radiology, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
⁶ Sanford Children's Hospital, Department of Radiology, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

PMID: 33691054

Abstract

Respiratory distress is a commonly encountered problem in newborn infants. Recognizing an infant with respiratory distress is not difficult, but determining the etiology and initiating proper management can be challenging. This review will focus on pulmonary causes of respiratory distress in the late preterm (34-366/7 weeks gestation) through late term (41-416/7 weeks gestation) infant with guidance for diagnosis and proper management of these infants. Many newborns with respiratory distress will require transfer to a higher level of care, but a select group may be safely managed at the delivery hospital.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Gestational Age
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn* / diagnosis
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn* / therapy