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10 Respiratory distress and apnoea

Objectives

When you have completed this unit you should be able to:

  • Diagnose respiratory distress.
  • Diagnose apnoea.
  • List the causes of respiratory distress and apnoea.
  • Diagnose the different causes of respiratory distress and apnoea.
  • Prevent respiratory distress and apnoea.
  • Manage an infant with respiratory distress or apnoea.
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10-1 What is respiratory distress?
10-2 What are the important causes of respiratory distress?
10-3 How should you manage an infant with respiratory distress?
10-4 What is hyaline membrane disease (HMD)?
10-5 Which infants do not have adequate surfactant?
10-6 How can you tell whether an infant has adequate amounts of surfactant?
10-7 How do you diagnose hyaline membrane disease?
10-8 What is the clinical course in hyaline membrane disease?
10-9 How do you prevent hyaline membrane disease?
10-10 How do you manage an infant with hyaline membrane disease?
10-11 When and how is artificial surfactant given?
10-12 What are the complications of hyaline membrane disease?
10-13 What is the wet lung syndrome?
10-14 Which infants commonly develop the wet lung syndrome?
10-15 How can you diagnose the wet lung syndrome?
10-16 What is the clinical course of the wet lung syndrome?
10-17 How should you manage infants with the wet lung syndrome?
10-18 What is the meconium aspiration syndrome?
10-19 How do you diagnose the meconium aspiration syndrome?
10-20 What is the clinical course of the meconium aspiration syndrome?
10-21 Can you prevent the meconium aspiration syndrome?
10-22 How should you manage an infant with the meconium aspiration syndrome?
10-23 What are the complications of meconium aspiration?
10-24 What is the cause of pneumonia in newborn infants?
10-25 How is pneumonia diagnosed and treated in newborn infants?
10-26 What is a pneumothorax?
10-27 Who is at risk of pneumothorax?
10-28 How do you diagnose a pneumothorax?
10-29 How do you treat a pneumothorax?
10-30 What are the common causes of heart failure in the newborn infant?
10-31 What is a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)?
10-32 How is a patent ductus arteriosus diagnosed?
10-33 How should you treat a patient with a patent ductus arteriosus?
10-34 How can you differentiate between the common causes of respiratory distress?
10-35 What is apnoea?
10-36 How should you diagnose apnoea?
10-37 What are the causes of apnoea?
10-38 What is apnoea of immaturity?
10-39 How should you manage apnoea?
10-40 How is theophylline administered?
10-41 Case study 1
10-42 Case study 2
10-43 Case study 3
10-44 Case study 4
 
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