Respiratory Disorders in Moderately Preterm, Late Preterm, and Early Term Infants

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 665-678

  Mahoney, Ashley Darcy ^a,b   Jain, Lucky ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b South Dade Animal Hospital   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early term; Late preterm; Moderately preterm; Respiratory distress; Respiratory distress syndrome; Transient tachypnea of the newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LUNG SURFACTANT; BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERSISTENT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; TRANSIENT TACHYPNEA OF THE NEWBORN;

EARLY TERM; LATE PRETERM; MODERATELY PRETERM; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; TRANSIENT TACHYPNEA OF THE NEWBORN;

GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LUNG; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 84886948089     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2013.07.004     Document Type: Review

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