 Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
"Meconium Aspiration Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition caused by inhalation of MECONIUM into the LUNG of FETUS or NEWBORN, usually due to vigorous respiratory movements during difficult PARTURITION or respiratory system abnormalities. Meconium aspirate may block small airways leading to difficulties in PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE and ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA.
| Descriptor ID |
D008471
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.381.520.687 C08.618.580 C13.703.277.785 C16.300.580 C16.614.580
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| Concept/Terms |
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome- Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
- Aspiration Syndrome, Meconium
- Syndrome, Meconium Aspiration
- Meconium Aspiration
- Meconium Inhalation
- Aspiration, Meconium
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Meconium Aspiration Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Jackson HT, Oyetunji TA, Thomas A, Oyetunji AO, Hamrick M, Nadler EP, Wong E, Qureshi FG. The impact of leukoreduced red blood cell transfusion on mortality of neonates undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Surg Res. 2014 Nov; 192(1):6-11.
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Govindan RB, Massaro AN, Niforatos N, du Plessis A. Mitigating the effect of non-stationarity in spectral analysis-an application to neonate heart rate analysis. Comput Biol Med. 2013 Dec; 43(12):2001-6.
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Qureshi FG, Jackson HT, Brown J, Petrosyan M, Rycus PT, Nadler EP, Oyetunji TA. The changing population of the United States and use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Surg Res. 2013 Sep; 184(1):572-6.
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Boykin AR, Quivers ES, Wagenhoffer KL, Sable CA, Chaney HR, Glass P, Bahrami KR, Short BL. Cardiopulmonary outcome of neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation at ages 10-15 years. Crit Care Med. 2003 Sep; 31(9):2380-4.
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