Respiratory distress in a special care baby unit in Nigeria
| Autor: | Ogunbiyi O, Dawodu Ah |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty 030231 tropical medicine Nigeria Gestational Age 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Medicine Birth Weight Humans Prospective cohort study Respiratory Distress Syndrome Newborn Respiratory distress business.industry Cesarean Section Incidence (epidemiology) Infant Newborn Neonatal respiratory distress Infant Low Birth Weight medicine.disease Perinatal asphyxia Pneumonia Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Infant Care Severe birth asphyxia Female business Special care baby unit |
| Zdroj: | Annals of tropical paediatrics. 4(1) |
| ISSN: | 0272-4936 |
| Popis: | Although respiratory distress is common among African newborn infants in special care, respiratory distress syndrome, which is the commonest cause of respiratory distress in other races, has been reported as uncommon among African infants. A prospective study of 312 consecutive newborn Nigerian infants admitted to a special care unit revealed 103 (33%) with respiratory distress. In 100 cases studied there was transient tachypnoea of the newborn ( TTN ) in 40% while specific diseases such as pneumonia and septicaemia, severe aspiration syndromes and respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) accounted for 25%, 19% and 12%, respectively. TTN and RDS occurred mostly among preterm infants with moderate perinatal asphyxia while severe aspiration syndrome was found among term infants with severe birth asphyxia. The study suggests that prevention and/or improved management of perinatal asphyxia and infections should reduce the incidence and mortality associated with neonatal respiratory distress. |
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