Nursing assessment of neonates with Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is recognized as a set of symptoms and signs that lead to increased respiratory work, significantly affecting both preterm and term newborns admitted to the NICU. The study is a quantitative, descriptive, retrospective cross-sectional study. An indirect observation matrix was applied through the collection of medical records for the registration of statistical dataThere are 160 neonates with RDS attended annually in the NICU area. Equivalent to a sample of 113 neonates who will be selected by simple random sampling. The results showed that most of the neonates who took part in the study were male and were born during the 34th to 38th week, the main cause of RDS in neonates.
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