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Descriptor English:   Meconium Aspiration Syndrome 
Descriptor Spanish:   Síndrome de Aspiración de Meconio 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Síndrome de Aspiração de Mecônio 
Tree Number:   C08.381.580
C08.618.580
C13.703.277.785
C16.300.580
C16.614.580
Definition English:   A condition caused by inhalation of MECONIUM into the LUNG of FETUS or NEWBORN, usually due to vigorous respiratory movements during difficult PARTURITION or respiratory system abnormalities. Meconium aspirate may block small airways leading to difficulties in PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE and ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA. 
History Note English:   2006 (1988) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology enzymology
epidemiology etiology
genetics history
immunology metabolism
microbiology mortality
nursing pathology
prevention & control physiopathology
parasitology psychology
radiography rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging radiotherapy
surgery therapy
urine ultrasonography
veterinary virology
Record Number:   22939 
Unique Identifier:   D008471 

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