Life-support equipments surrounds an incubator holding a premature baby,born after a term of 34 weeks. The infant is suffering from respiratory distress syndrome,also called hyaline membrane disease,a condition in which the lungs do not expand properly. Respiratory distress syndrome arises due to the lack of surfactant in the lungs,a substance that serves to reduce the surface tension of the air sacs & results in intensely laboured,shallow breathing. Biopsy examination reveals the presence of hyaline material in the collapsed air sacs of the lungs. Photographed at a Maternity Hospital in Kuwait | |
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