Superimposition: a key word in neonatal acute respiratory distress syndrome
10.3760/cma.j.cn113903-20201012-01023
- VernacularTitle:读懂新生儿急性呼吸窘迫综合征的关键词：叠加
- Author:
Zhichun FENG
;
Zhe ZHAO
;
Yuan SHI
- From:
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine
2021;24(4):273-277
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The Montreux definition established in 2017 made it clear that the neonates can not be excluded from the diagnosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which supported the urge of emphasizing the specificity and importance of neonatal ARDS (nARDS) in the past ten years in China. Neonatal idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome is caused primarily by insufficient pulmonary surfactant system, which pathologically and clinically presented as typical respiratory distress syndrome. While the causes of nARDS often coexisted with underlying conditions, and its pathological and clinical features are a superposition of both respiratory distress syndrome and underlying conditions. Therefore, superimposition is the key to understanding the etiology, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of nARDS, which is crucial for optimizing the clinical practice of nARDS.
