EVALUATION OF RISK FACTORS AND OUTCOME IN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME IN SULAIMANI MATERNITY TEACHING HOSPITAL

Abstract

Historically the most frequent respiratory condition of premature infants has been hyaline membrane disease or respiratory distress syndrome. This does not change the fact that preterm infants with respiratory problems such as tachypnea, retractions, grunting respirations, nasal flaring, and requiring a larger percentage of inhaled \text{O}_2 remain a substantial clinical concern.
The goal of this study was to assess the prognosis and probable causes of respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants. METHODS..The prospective data collection took place at the Neonatal Care Unit of Sulaimani Maternity Teaching Hospital. The neonatal intensive care unit has 18 incubators, 2 resuscitators, 6 CPB machines, and 1 ventilator to manage both full-term and preterm infants. Data collection for 75 incidents was completed from July 1, 2015, to September 30, 2015. In this study, we evaluated both the data of moms and babies and determined the p-value. We considered a p-value below 0.05 to be significant and below 0.001 to be extremely significant.
RESULT. .The study showed that there was a statistically significant association between respiratory distress syndrome and gestational age (<28 weeks) (p-value was <0.001). The p-value is 0.001, indicating that maternal smoking is protective. Respiratory distress syndrome has not been associated with maternal medications, mode of delivery, or presence of maternal illness. Moreover, there is no association between birth defects and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome. Pneumothorax was less common than apnea, aspiration, and sepsis as a complication of RDS. In this study, nine percent of the patients died.