RDS

• Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)


  Condition due to lack of pulmonary surfactant
• Hyaline Membrane Disease


  Another name for Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Pulmonary surfactant


  • Lecithin and Sphingomyelin
  • Normal ratio is 2:1
• Antenatal steroids


  Drugs that can be given to help lung maturity, including Dexamethasone and Betamethasone
• Administering antenatal steroids


  Midwife can give if they have undergone Bemonc training
• Determinants of lung maturity

  • Phospholipids
  • Phosphatidylglycerol
  • is the best determinant