Respiratory Distress Syndrome - Risk Factors
Certain factors may increase the risk that your newborn will have RDS. These factors include infection, premature delivery, problems with your baby’s lung development, stress during your baby’s delivery, and you having diabetes.
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- SourceUrl: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/subscribe/4420
- Syndication ID: 18753
- Language: English
- Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Date Syndication Captured: Friday, July 12, 2019 at 02:26 PM
- Date Syndication Updated: Thursday, July 09, 2026 at 04:28 AM
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secondhand smoke
lung diseases
RDS
neonatal respiratory distress
bronchopulmonary dysplasia
oxygen therapy
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