Diseases

Hyaline Membrane Disease

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).

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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).

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  • Disease, Hyaline Membrane
  • Diseases, Hyaline Membrane
  • Hyaline Membrane Diseases

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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do not confuse with INFANTILE SYSTEMIC HYALINOSIS see HYALINE FIBROMATOSIS SYNDROME

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hyaline Membrane Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006819. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006819
  2. Hyaline Membrane Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_respiratory_distress_syndrome
  3. Hyaline Membrane Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754348