Meconium Aspiration Syndrome

Also written as MAS.

The picture is meconium aspiration syndrome, a cause of respiratory distress in a term baby.

What our notes say

The picture is meconium aspiration syndrome, a cause of respiratory distress in a term baby. (Paediatrics end of first trimester exam (MBPE 4300): 27 November 2018, 49 of 50 )
\nPPHN further contributes to the hypoxemia caused by meconium aspiration syndrome. (Meconium Aspiration Syndrome)
MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME aspiration syndrome may have been compromised in utero\nand are risk of developing hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy. (Devendra K. Gupta, Krishna M. Goel - Hutchison’s Paediatrics. chdhe-Jaypee Broth)
To complicate matters further, many infants with meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) have primary or secondary persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) as a result of chronic in utero stress and thickening of the pulmonary vessels. (Meconium Aspiration Syndrome)
Pulmonary e.g.\n-Severe RDS\n- Congenital pneumonia\n- Meconium aspiration syndrome\n- Pneumothorax\n- Diaphragmatic hernia\n- Persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborn\nB. (BABY NELSON PEADS)
The diaphragm on the same side too may from meconium aspiration syndrome. (Devendra K. Gupta, Krishna M. Goel - Hutchison’s Paediatrics. chdhe-Jaypee Broth)