Aspiration pneumopathy (neonatology)

Aspiration pneumopathies of newborns include:
 * Meconium aspiration syndrome;
 * complex respiratory disease of the newborn that arose early after birth due to the penetration of meconium particles (smelt) into the lower respiratory tract;
 * Aspiration of blood during cesarean delivery or vaginal delivery with placental abruption → early-onset respiratory distress of the newborn;
 * Aspiration of water during birth into water;
 * Aspiration during sucking/swallowing dyscoordination
 * risk factors: immaturity, structural malformations, neurological abnormalities, cleft palate, Pierre Robin syndrome, tracheoesophageal fistula, cleft larynx, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, Prader-Willi syndrome, ...
 * Aspiration due to gastro-oesophageal reflux, massive regurgitation and inhalation of food.

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