Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome

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Across
  1. 3. delivers continuous air pressure to keep airways open
  2. 4. visible sign of respiratory distress
  3. 8. treatment with exogenous surfactant adminstration to increase stability of alveoli (two words)
  4. 9. Pulmonary ___ can develop as a result of inflammation
  5. 11. lung disease associated with prolonged neonatal respiratory support (two words)
  6. 13. risk factor for neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
  7. 14. Lung _______ is the ability of the lungs to expand due to a change in pressure and is commonly diminished in this syndrom
  8. 15. medical imaging that can be used to evaluate causative factors of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
Down
  1. 1. treatment given to mother before premature birth to accelerate fetal lung maturation
  2. 2. arterial blood gas analysis might show ____ which indicates low levels of oxygen in the blood
  3. 5. deficiency of this increases surface tension which decreases the compliance of the lung
  4. 6. lack of surfactant causes the collapse of air sacs within the lungs called____.
  5. 7. accelerated breathing rate
  6. 10. blue discoloration due to inadequate oxygen
  7. 12. movement of air in and out of lungs