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respiratory distress syndrome: an acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn); lungs cannot expand because of a wetting agent is lacking; characterized by rapid shallow breathing and cyanosis and the formation of a glassy hyaline membrane over the alveoli
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Respiratory disease of the newborn.
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Category: Baby's health A disorder primarily of prematurity, manifested clinically by respiratory distress and pathologically by pulmonary hyaline membranes and incomplete expansion of the lungs at birth. Find out more about Hyaline membrane disease: Articles | Books/products
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Seen in premature infants because of lung immaturity that causes a surfactant deficiency. Surfactant is what keeps the alveoli of the lungs from collapsing. When there is a deficiency this can lead to respiratory failure. Also known as Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
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(HMD) or RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (RDS). A breathing problem in which the lungs have difficulty holding in air.
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