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  • Title: Respiratory distress syndrome and the value of amniotic fluid phospholipids in predicting such complications before birth.
    Author: Akhter MS, Savior JF, Akhter IA.
    Journal: J Pak Med Assoc; 1977 Jan; 27(1):256-8. PubMed ID: 408527.
    Abstract:
    The amniotic fluid study of 80 samples from 40 patients, obtained by amniocentesis between 28 and 40 weeks of pregnancy, was carried out. It was noted that L/S (Lecithin/Sphingomyelin) ratio was significantly different at 36-38 weeks of pregnancy when compared with values in pregnancies of less than 36 weeks gestation (P less than 0001). No cases of RDS occurred when the L/S ratio was mature 4 or more. A brief review of recent developments in etiology of RDS are also presented.
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