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HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE
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Descriptor
English
:
Hyaline Membrane Disease
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Enfermedad de la Membrana Hialina
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Doença da Membrana Hialina
Tree Number:
C08.381.842.475
C08.618.842.475
C16.614.521.563.475
Definition
English
:
A respiratory distress
syndrome
in newborn infants, usually premature infants with insufficient
PULMONARY SURFACTANTS
. The
disease
is characterized by the formation of a HYALINE-like membrane lining the terminal respiratory airspaces (
PULMONARY ALVEOLI
) and subsequent collapse of the lung (
PULMONARY ATELECTASIS
).
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not confuse with INFANTILE SYSTEMIC HYALINOSIS see HYALINOSIS, SYSTEMIC
See Related
English
:
Hyalinosis, Systemic
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
6971
Unique Identifier:
D006819
Occurrence in VHL
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