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General concerns and questions about newborn with respiratory distress syndrome in intensive care?
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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.
Answered 5/15/2013
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