Q: general concerns and questions about newborn with respiratory distress syndrome in intensive care?

Prematurity: Leads to immature lunga with inadequate surfactant, a detergent that helps keep alveoli open. High o2 concentrations can cause retrolentil fibroplasoia leading to blindness.

Q: what sort of problem is acute respiratory distress syndrome (a.r.d.s.)?

Emergency: ARDS is a general term for acute respiratory failure in which the capillaries in the lungs leak causing the air spaces to fill with fluid. There are many causes. Treatment requires supplemental oxygen and a search for the underlying cause. Mechanical ventilation with a "breathing machine" temporarily is necessary in many cases.

Q: could you explain what is respiratory distress syndrome?

RDS: Rds or respiratory distress syndrome is a term usually used to describe a condition in the newborn that is used when the newborn is having some degree of respiratory or breathing problems. There are a number of causes...Like a very quick delivery...Inhaled amniotic fluid...This usually abates with time and supportive care. I am not sure if you are referring to an adult, but this is for a newborn.

Q: can smoke lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome?

Not Directly: Only with significant/severe smoke inhalation can ARDS and respiratory failure result. The majority of the time smoke inhalation is an irritant and causes cough, shortness of breath and wheezing.

Q: could you explain what is acute respiratory distress syndrome?

ARDS: Check out http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/ards/basics/definition/con-20030070 for info on ARDS which is described as fluid build up in lung sacs (alveoli).

Q: could you explain what is infant respiratory distress syndrome?

RDS: Is due to immaturity of the lungs at birth. The lungs produce a product called surfactant as they mature, prior to completion of the pregnancy term. When a baby is pre-term, then there may be a lack of adequate surfactant. This is called respiratory distress syndrome. Surfactant helps the lungs to inflate properly so they can exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. It usually improves in days.

Q: explain the condition called adult respiratory distress syndrome.?

Emergency: ARDS is a general term for acute respiratory failure in which the capillaries in the lungs leak causing the air spaces to fill with fluid. There are many causes. Treatment requires supplemental oxygen and a search for the underlying cause. Mechanical ventilation with a "breathing machine" temporarily is necessary in many cases.

Question 1

what is neonatal respiratory distress syndrome?

Accepted Answer

Premature lung: Prematures lack surfactant which is essential to keep alveoli expanded.  This results in gradual collapse of more and more alveoli, (atelectasis) making it more difficult to oxygenate the blood.  This becomes hyaline membrane disease or neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.

Question 2

what babies are at risk of developing the neonatal respiratory distress syndrome?

Accepted Answer

Resp. distress syndr: Its caused by deficiency of surfactant that lines the airways&lung immaturity. From baby being premature vs genetic protein def. Varies in severity form baby to baby & some may require ventilatory support. Depends on gestational age from about 50% in babies born at 26–28 weeks, to about 25% at 30–31 weeks. Is more frequent in infants of diabetic mothers & in the second born of premature twins.

Question 3

delivery by cesarean section is one of the predisposing factors of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, why? and how?

Accepted Answer

??RDS??: I would agree more cs babies have respiratory pbs than regular delivery but the issue is ttn ( transient tachypnea of the newborn) not rds.A trip down the birth canal helps squeeze some of the lung fluid out before birth, which does not happen for cs. About 10% of cs will have to work hard  to clear that fluid & may require o2 & special care in the process.It usually clears in < 48hr.

Question 4

general concerns and questions about newborn with respiratory distress syndrome in intensive care?

Accepted Answer

Prematurity: Leads to immature lunga with inadequate surfactant, a detergent that helps keep alveoli open. High o2 concentrations can cause retrolentil fibroplasoia leading to blindness.

Question 5

what sort of problem is acute respiratory distress syndrome (a.r.d.s.)?

Accepted Answer

Emergency: ARDS is a general term for acute respiratory failure in which the capillaries in the lungs leak causing the air spaces to fill with fluid. There are many causes. Treatment requires supplemental oxygen and a search for the underlying cause. Mechanical ventilation with a "breathing machine" temporarily  is necessary in many cases.

Question 6

could you explain what is respiratory distress syndrome?

Accepted Answer

RDS: Rds or respiratory distress syndrome is a term usually used to describe a condition in the newborn that is used when the newborn is having some degree of respiratory or breathing problems. There are a number of causes...Like a very quick delivery...Inhaled amniotic fluid...This usually abates with time and supportive care. I am not sure if you are referring to an adult, but this is for a newborn.

Question 7

can smoke lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome?

Accepted Answer

Not Directly: Only with significant/severe smoke inhalation can ARDS and respiratory failure result.  The majority of the time smoke inhalation is an irritant and causes cough, shortness of breath and wheezing.

Question 8

could you explain what is acute respiratory distress syndrome?

Accepted Answer

ARDS: Check out http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/ards/basics/definition/con-20030070 for info on ARDS which is described as fluid build up in lung sacs (alveoli).

Question 9

could you explain what is infant respiratory distress syndrome?

Accepted Answer

RDS: Is due to immaturity of the lungs at birth.  The lungs produce a product called surfactant as they mature, prior to completion of the pregnancy term.  When a baby is pre-term, then there may be a lack of adequate surfactant.  This is called respiratory distress syndrome.  Surfactant helps the lungs to inflate properly so they can exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide.  It usually improves in days.

Question 10

explain the condition called adult respiratory distress syndrome.?

Accepted Answer

Emergency: ARDS is a general term for acute respiratory failure in which the capillaries in the lungs leak causing the air spaces to fill with fluid. There are many causes. Treatment requires supplemental oxygen and a search for the underlying cause. Mechanical ventilation with a "breathing machine" temporarily  is necessary in many cases.

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