Surfactant protein A in gastric fluid at birth as a useful marker of differentiation diagnosis between respiratory distress syndrome and transient tachypnea of the newborn
Surfactant protein A in gastric fluid at birth as a useful marker of differentiation diagnosis between respiratory distress syndrome and transient tachypnea of the newborn
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出生时胃液中的表面活性蛋白A作为新生儿呼吸窘迫综合征和短暂性呼吸急促鉴别诊断的有用标志物
DOI:
10.1111/j.1442-200x.2011.03440.x
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发表时间:
2011
期刊:
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Ikeda K
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文献类型:
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作者:
Matsuzaki Y;Hokuto I;Ikeda K
In premature babies born after 30 weeks’ gestation, it is hard to differentiate respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) from other respiratory disorders, such as transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN), based on chest X-ray and clinical findings. Surfactant protein A (SP-A) is synthesized in alveolar type II cells. It is known that the maturity of the fetal lung can be estimated by measuring SP-A concentration in amniotic fluid. 1, 2 However, amniotic fluid collection at birth is difficult. As an index of the maturity of the fetal lung at birth, the microbubble test is commonly employed in Japan. 3 While some studies have investigated the SP-A concentration in gastric fluid instead of amniotic fluid at birth, 4–7 there is no publication written in English, and cut-off values vary due to limited data. In this study, we performed a large-scale, retrospective analysis to examine the association between the gastric fluid concentration of SP-A and clinical symptoms in 179 neonates born in our hospital. We reviewed the cut-off concentration of SP-A in the gastric fluid of neonates with RDS.The subjects were 206 normal-/premature-birth neonates born in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Keio University Hospital from November 2005 to October 2010. Immediately after birth, gastric fluid was collected from these neonates using a gastric tube to measure the concentration of SP-A employing an enzyme immunoassay (Sysmex Corporation, Hyogo, Japan). The subjects were divided into two groups by their clinical symptoms: the RDS and non-RDS groups. Statistical analysis was performed using the Mann–Whitney U-test. We reviewed 179 neonates, excluding four with meconium aspiration syndrome and 23 in whom gastric fluid collection was impossible (RDS group, seven; non-RDS group, 16). Sixty-six of the 179 neonates were diagnosed with RDS clinically, and 113 with non-RDS disorders. There were significant differences in the birthweight and gestational age between the RDS and non-RDS groups. There were no differences in the sex, prenatal steroid therapy, or cesarean section rate (Table 1). The median concentrations of SP-A of gastric fluid in the RDS and non-RDS groups were 310 and 1870 ng/mL, respectively. There