Pulmonology · Pulmonology / Neonatal lung disease
Infant respiratory distress syndrome
also: Hyaline membrane disease; Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
Surfactant deficiency in preterm infants causing respiratory failure.
- Specialty
- Pulmonology
- Subspecialty
- Pulmonology / Neonatal lung disease
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected, higher risk; Female: affected; Children: yes, preterm neonates
- Gene(s) involved
- ABCA3, NKX2-1, SFTPB, SFTPC
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Hyaline membrane disease; Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
Etiology & mechanism
Immature type II pneumocytes with insufficient surfactant.
Gene(s) involved (4)
Symptoms & signs (6)
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