Lactate Dehydrogenase Level as an Early Predictor of Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn Duration and Complications

Osefori Mada,Dayoub Adnan,Doya Leen Jamel,Nezha Bana

doi:10.23937/2469-5769/1510075

Abstract

Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTNB) is a common cause of respiratory distress in the postnatal period. It is rarely associated with serious complications that need intensive care. Prediction of the complications during the first hours of hospitalization is very difficult, so the purpose of the current study is to investigate the relationship between lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level in blood and the course of Transient tachypnea of the newborn (the duration of hospitalization, and the incidence of complications).

Highlights

The results showed that there was a significant relationship between the level of lactate dehydrogenase and the duration of hospitalization, the incidence of complications, and the frequency of complications
Lactate dehydrogenase might be useful for clinicians to predict the duration of hospitalization and the incidence of complications in neonates with tachypnea of the newborn (TTNB)
Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTNB) is an important neonatal cause of respiratory distress which occurs due to delayed reabsorption of the pulmonary alveolar fluid [1]

Summary

Introduction

Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTNB) is an important neonatal cause of respiratory distress which occurs due to delayed reabsorption of the pulmonary alveolar fluid [1]. Prediction of the complications during the first hours of hospitalization is very difficult, so the current study investigates the association between LDH level in blood and the course of TTNB (the duration of hospitalization, and the incidence of complications). Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTNB) is a common cause of respiratory distress in the postnatal period. It is rarely associated with serious complications that need intensive care. Prediction of the complications during the first hours of hospitalization is very difficult, so the purpose of the current study is to investigate the relationship between lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level in blood and the course of Transient tachypnea of the newborn (the duration of hospitalization, and the incidence of complications)

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