Explore: Pulmonary Function Tests For Newborn Infants

membrane disease (HMD), is a syndrome in premature infants caused by developmental insufficiency of pulmonary surfactant production and structural immaturity

to distinguish between restrictive and obstructive pulmonary diseases: Pulmonary function testing (PFT) Spirometry "Lung Volumes". Physiopedia. Retrieved

Pulmonary surfactant is a surface-active complex of phospholipids and proteins formed by type II alveolar cells. The proteins and lipids that make up

the care of ill or premature newborn infants. The NICU is divided into several areas, including a critical care area for babies who require close monitoring

diseases are often identified because of symptoms and diagnosed with pulmonary function tests such as spirometry. Many obstructive lung diseases are managed

hypoxia also places IUGR infants at elevated risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, which can impair an infant's blood oxygenation and

life. Newborns and infants with cystic fibrosis tend to have frequent, large, greasy stools (a result of malabsorption) and are underweight for their

Pulmonary and ocular damage are most likely to occur when supplemental oxygen is administered as part of a treatment, particularly to newborn infants

healthcare-associated pneumonia. Risk factors for pneumonia include cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sickle cell disease, asthma

the eleventh week of gestational age) and continues until the birth of a newborn. The word fetus (plural fetuses or rarely, the solecism feti) comes from