<unk> ile<unk><unk><unk>  <unk> , also called<unk><unk><unk>  of newborn, or increasingly surfactant deficiency disorder (SDD), and previously called hyaline membrane disease (HMD), is a<unk>  in premature<unk> s caused by developmental insufficiency of pulmonary surfactant production and structural immaturity in the lungs. It can also be a consequence of neonatal infection and can result from a genetic problem with the production of surfactant-associated proteins.<unk>  affects about 1% of newborns and is the leading cause of death in preterm<unk> s. Notably, data has shown the choice of elective caesarean sections to strikingly increase the incidence of<unk><unk>  in term<unk> s; dating back to 1995, the UK first documented 2,000 annual caesarean section births requiring neonatal admission for<unk><unk> . The incidence decreases with advancing gestational age, from about 50% in babies born at 26–28 weeks to about 25% at 30–31 weeks. The<unk>  is more frequent in males, Caucasians,<unk> s of diabetic mothers and the second-born of premature twins.<unk>  is distinct from pulmonary hypoplasia, another leading cause of neonatal death that involves<unk><unk> .
Infant respiratory distress syndrome
Alveolar capillary dysplasia
Neonatal sepsis
Neonatal meningitis
Shaken baby syndrome
Apnea of prematurity
Transient tachypnea of the newborn
Omphalitis of newborn