title: Prevention and treatment of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.
abstract: New approaches greatly enhance the physician's ability to assess fetal lung maturation prior to delivery, to understand the processes involved in that maturation, and to anticipate appropriate treatment protocol, all factors contributing to improved mortality and morbidity rates.
mesh_terms: D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000196:embryology; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000502:physiology; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants