Respiratory distress affects 1% of neonates:
Respiratory distress syndrome (hyaline membrane disease) ~50%<unk>  ~50%
Self-limiting disease that resolves with days as retained lung fluid at birth is removed by lymphatics and breathing
Most common cause of respiratory distress immediately following delivery in late preterm or term infants
1/3 of fluid cleared days before birth, 1/3 during active labor, 1/3 during crying/breathing
Risk factors
Prematurity
C-section and rapidly born infants (lack of active labor)
Infants of diabetic mothers or obese mothers
small for gestational age, preterm infants
Respiratory distress syndrome (hyaline membrane disease) ~50%<unk>  ~50%
Prematurity
C-section and rapidly born infants (lack of active labor)
Infants of diabetic mothers or obese mothers
small for gestational age, preterm infants
^Fever directly causes an increase in heart rate of 10 beats per minute per degree centigrade
^^Hyperoxia can be harmful
Transient tachypnea of the newborn
Newborn resuscitation
Respiratory distress syndrome
Hypoxia
Meconium aspiration syndrome
Primary apnea
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Secondary apnea