caa a22 4500 477067972 CHVBK 20180405111417.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02823875 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02823875 Epidemiology of respiratory distress of newborns [Elektronische Daten] [Alok Kumar, B. Vishnu Bhat] The present prospective study was conducted to find out the incidence, etiology and outcome of respiratory distress (RD) in newborns. All newborns (n=4505), delivered at this hospital over a period of 13 months, were observed for respiratory problems. Relevant antenatal, intranatal and neonatal information was noted. Cases were investigated for the cause of respiratory distress and followed up for the outcome. The overall incidence of RD was 6.7% Preterm babies had the highest incidence (30.0%) followed by post-term (20.9%) and term babies (4.2%). Transient tachypnea of newborn (TTN) was found to be the commonest (42.7%) cause of RD followed by infection (17.0%), meconium aspiration syndrome (10.7%), hyaline membrane disease (9.3%) and birth asphyxia (3.3%). TTN was found to be common among both term and preterm babies. While Hyaline membrane disease (HMD) was seen mostly among preterms, and Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) among term and post-term babies. Overall case fatality ration for RD was found to be 19%, being highest for HMD (57.1%), followed by MAS (21.8%) and infection (15.6%). Our results indicate that RD is a common neonatal problem. TTN accounts for a large proportion of thhese cases. MAS and infection also contribute significantly and are largely preventable. Without adequate ventilatory support HMD and MAS carry high mortality. Dr. K C Chaudhuri Foundation, 1996 Newborn nationallicence Respiratory distress nationallicence Inciidence nationallicence Etiology nationallicence Mortality nationallicence Kumar Alok Department of Pediatrics (Neonatal Division), Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, 605 006, Pondicherry aut Vishnu Bhat B. Department of Pediatrics (Neonatal Division), Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, 605 006, Pondicherry aut The Indian Journal of Pediatrics Springer India 63/1(1996-01-01), 93-98 0019-5456 63:1<93 1996 63 12098 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02823875 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02823875 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kumar Alok Department of Pediatrics (Neonatal Division), Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, 605 006, Pondicherry aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vishnu Bhat B. Department of Pediatrics (Neonatal Division), Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, 605 006, Pondicherry aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Indian Journal of Pediatrics Springer India 63/1(1996-01-01), 93-98 0019-5456 63:1<93 1996 63 12098 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer