[Prevention and factors inducing respiratory distress syndrome in prematures].

An analysis of 105 cases of prematures with respiratory distress syndrome, the idiopathic type were 9.5% (10/105). Fetal anoxia and ischemia, induced by pregnancy and during labour amounting to 87.6% (92/105), and of which 2.9% (3/105) was due to diabetes. It indicated that most cases of RDS are predominantly related with fetal anoxia and ischemia which results in pulmonary surfactant abnormality or impaired activity. It is important that in clinical diagnosis one should monitor cautiously the presence of premature birth with anoxia and ischemia, Thus, a preventive treatment must be given at least 24 hours prior to birth, and the earlier the least morbidity of RDS occurred.