Respiratory distress from aspirated meconium-stained fluid.
- Specialty
- Pulmonology
- Subspecialty
- Pulmonology / Neonatal lung disease
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected, equal; Children: yes, term and post-term neonates
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- MAS
Etiology & mechanism
Airway obstruction, surfactant inactivation and chemical pneumonitis.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (6)
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Shares symptoms with
3 shared
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cyanosis, grunting, tachypnea
3 shared
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cyanosis, grunting, tachypnea
2 shared
Blue baby syndrome
cyanosis, tachypnea
2 shared
Scimitar syndrome
cyanosis, pulmonary hypertension
1 shared
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
tachypnea
1 shared
Central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome
cyanosis
1 shared
Cobalamin C syndrome
pulmonary hypertension
1 shared
CREST syndrome
pulmonary hypertension
1 shared
Eisenmenger syndrome
cyanosis
1 shared
Hepatopulmonary syndrome
cyanosis
Shares genes with
None.
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