GOOD MANAGEMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME IN NEWBORNS

Narayanan Chandra Kumar Praveen*

ABSTRACT

Pediatric respiratory distress syndrome is a breathing disorder, mainly pulmonary edema that happens to premature newborns when they lack enough surfactant to coat the alveoli (air sacs) in the lungs. Surfactant is a substance that coats the alveoli to keep the air sacs open so newborns can breathe in oxygen. Without enough surfactant, the alveoli remain closed and the baby's lungs collapse. If left untreated, pediatric respiratory distress syndrome can cause brain damage, organ damage or death. It occurs commonly in premature babies, where the lung.

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