That's because at least a dozen causes of newborn death are actually problems that go hand-in-hand with premature births, such as respiratory distress syndrome caused by underdeveloped lungs.

The risk of preterm birth is increased in women with a short cervix. Intramuscular or vaginal progesterone appears effective for reducing premature delivery, but data on neonatal outcomes have ...

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Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. ... Less invasive surfactant administration and complications of preterm birth.

Babies born six weeks prematurely are 40 times as likely as full-term infants to suffer respiratory distress syndrome, a new study reports. Ten percent of the premature infants experienced the ...

THE respiratory-distress syndrome, or hyalinemembrane disease, is the commonest cause of death among newborn, especially premature, infants, and yet its pathogenesis remains a mystery and its ...

Holly Jordan's premature son survived — thanks to medical advances after Patrick Kennedy's death from Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome decades earlier Holly Jordan, who works in business ...

Minimally invasive surfactant therapy did not reduce a composite outcome of death and neurodevelopmental disability before age 2 years among preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome who ...

Before Clements made his discoveries, respiratory distress syndrome was the leading cause of death in premature babies, killing around 10,000 infants every year in the US alone.

Respiratory distress syndrome rates and NICU days were lower ... % CI, 1.09-1.97), respiratory support for more than ... omicron wave had decreased risks for preterm birth and adverse ...