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  2. Infant respiratory distress syndrome - Wikipedia

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    IRDS affects about 1% of newborns and is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. [5] Data have shown the choice of elective caesarean sections to strikingly increase the incidence of respiratory distress in term infants; dating back to 1995, the UK first documented 2,000 annual caesarean section births requiring ...

  3. Transient tachypnea of the newborn - Wikipedia

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    It is the most common cause of respiratory distress in term neonates. [2] [3] It consists of a period of tachypnea (rapid breathing, higher than the normal range of 30–60 times per minute). Usually, this condition resolves over 24–72 hours. Treatment is supportive and may include supplemental oxygen and antibiotics.

  4. Acute respiratory distress syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Causes may include sepsis, pancreatitis, trauma, pneumonia, and aspiration. [1] The underlying mechanism involves diffuse injury to cells which form the barrier of the microscopic air sacs of the lungs , surfactant dysfunction, activation of the immune system , and dysfunction of the body's regulation of blood clotting . [ 5 ]

  5. Early sports specialization - Wikipedia

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    Another significant risk factor for overuse injury is the number of hours spent in practice, relative to other activities and the youth's age. [6] [14] To reduce this risk of injuries, a young athlete should spend at least one-third of their active time in free play, and the hours of organized sports time each week should not exceed the child's ...

  6. Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The primary cause triggers an uncontrolled inflammatory response. [citation needed] Sepsis is the most common cause of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and may result in septic shock. In the absence of infection, a sepsis-like disorder is termed systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). Both SIRS and sepsis could ultimately progress to ...

  7. Nerts - Wikipedia

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    The first player or team to successfully get rid of their Nerts pile calls or shouts "Nerts". Once "Nerts" is called all play for that hand stops. In a hand, players or teams earn points determined by a formula using the number of cards played into the Lake subtracted by twice the number of cards remaining in the Nerts pile.

  8. Failure rate - Wikipedia

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    The Failures In Time (FIT) rate of a device is the number of failures that can be expected in one billion (10 9) device-hours of operation [17] (e.g. 1,000 devices for 1,000,000 hours, or 1,000,000 devices for 1,000 hours each, or some other combination).

  9. Complex regional pain syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS type 1 and type 2), sometimes referred to by the hyponyms reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) or reflex neurovascular dystrophy (RND), is a rare and severe form of neuroinflammatory and dysautonomic disorder causing chronic pain, neurovascular, and neuropathic symptoms.