Neonatal aspiration: not just meconium.
Aspiration of uncontaminated amniotic fluid as a cause of neonatal respiratory distress is scarcely documented. A term neonate who presented with early onset respiratory distress with a radiographic appearance of an aspiration syndrome is therefore reported. Differential diagnosis and implication of this diagnosis in the management of neonatal respiratory distress are discussed. This case highlights amniotic fluid aspiration as a possible cause of severe respiratory distress even in the absence of meconium stained fluid.
Department of Neonatology, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy.
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De Cunto
Department of Neonatology, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy.
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Paviotti
Department of Neonatology, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy.
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Demarini
D000653:Amniotic Fluid; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D001239:Inhalation; D011859:Radiography; D053120:Respiratory Aspiration / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology*
Amniotic fluid aspiration; aspiration syndrome; neonatal respiratory distress