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- Title
Neonatal Respiratory Distress Secondary to Meconium Aspiration Syndrome.
- Authors
Olicker, Arielle L.; Raffay, Thomas M.; Ryan, Rita M.
- Abstract
Infants born through meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) are 100 times more likely than infants born through clear amniotic fluid to develop respiratory distress in the neonatal period. Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is a common cause of respiratory distress in term and post-mature neonates. MAS is defined as respiratory distress accompanied by a supplemental oxygen requirement in an infant born with MSAF, in the absence of any other identified etiology to explain the symptoms. Therapy for MAS is supportive, and should be tailored to each infant’s specific pathophysiology. In cases of MAS with severe persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), patients may remain hypoxic despite aggressive ventilation, and in these cases surfactant, inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can be life-saving. Long-term prognosis for MAS is more related to severity of initial hypoxemia and possible neurological insult than to the pulmonary pathology.
- Subjects
RESPIRATORY distress syndrome; MECONIUM aspiration syndrome; AMNIOTIC liquid; PULMONARY hypertension; PATHOLOGICAL physiology
- Publication
Children, 2021, Vol 8, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
2227-9067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/children8030246