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The Relationship between Hyaline Membranes of the Newborn and the Presence of Other Pulmonary Lesions
Author(s) -
ROBERTSON BENGT
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1963.tb04309.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hyaline , autopsy , pulmonary hemorrhage , incidence (geometry) , membrane , pulmonary edema , edema , lung , pathology , physics , biology , optics , genetics
Summary Membrane thickness and associated histologic pulmonary changes were studied in an autopsy series of 117 neonatal deaths presenting pulmonary hyaline membranes. The ages ranged from 6 hours to 7 days. The thickness of the membranes increased with postnatal age, generally reaching a maximum on the third to fourth day. Intra‐alveolar edema was prominent, especially during the first day, and diminished gradually. There was an increasing incidence of complications with age in the form of inflammation and intra‐alveolar hemorrhage.