The following diseases and the need to identify the disease.
1. Wet lung
wet lung prevalent in full-term infants, less clinical symptoms of difficulty in breathing, Chest X-ray is very extensive, and with hyaline membrane disease, we can identify.
2. Group B ¦Â - hemolytic streptococcus infection
intrauterine infection of the disease caused by neonatal pneumonia or sepsis. X-ray and pulmonary symptoms and hyaline membrane disease similar to a transparent membrane formation of pulmonary pathology. However, the baby's surrogate disease infection in the third trimester of pregnancy or childbirth history before history of premature rupture of membranes. Without such identification difficult history. Sepsis or pneumonia can be treated with antibiotics for diagnostic help identification.
3. Persistent pulmonary hypertension
or continuing transitional called persistent pulmonary blood circulation. mean pulmonary hypertension after birth longer time to maintain the transition from the fetal to adult blood circulation. exist right to left shunt.
Occurred in full-term infants, the majority of non-birth suffocation. Birth or within 24 hours, that is, cyanosis, dyspnea, pulmonary hypertension induced cardiac auscultation dual news systolic murmur. X-ray shows heart enlargement, amniotic fluid due to pulmonary atelectasis or inhaled, can be seen spotty shadow lungs. Echocardiography in detecting pulmonary hypertension can serve as identification.
4. Aspiration Syndrome
hyaline membrane disease and the need to stifle childhood aspiration syndrome differentiation The latter emphysema and patch for the X-ray shadow to be identified.

This article was posted on 2007-02-27