Clinical features of respiratory distress of the newborn

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Features which are used to define respiratory distress include:

respiratory rate of greater than 60/min for more than an hour

subcostal or sternal recession on inspiration

with or without cyanosis in air - increased oxygen requirement

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Clinical features of respiratory distress of the newborn

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