METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF THE CLINICAL COURSE OF TRANSIENT TACHYPNEA OF NEWBORNS IN TERM INFANTS Russian patent published in 2022 - IPC A61B5/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to neonatology, and can be used to predict the clinical course of transient tachypnea of newborns (TTN) in term infants. To this end, at the stage of the delivery room with the development of early manifestations of respiratory failure, the severity of the distress syndrome is assessed according to the Downes scale in points, Apgar score is taken into account at 1 and 5 minutes in points. Discriminant function d is then calculated using the developed formula. If d<0, the prognosis is unfavorable, the probability of admission to the NICU is high; if d>0, the prognosis is favorable.

EFFECT: invention makes it possible to predict the course of TTN at the stage of the delivery room and to determine the department for hospitalization of the newborn, which provides the timely implementation of the necessary therapeutic measures, reducing the severity of the course of TTN and avoiding possible complications.

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