PNEUMONIA OF NEWBORNS

Abstract

Depending on the time and conditions of infection, neonatal pneumonia is divided into intrauterine and postnatal, which can be community-acquired, hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, or aspiration. Congenital pneumonia, difficult to distinguish from neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, is a component of generalized infection of the fetus and newborn. Based on the time of clinical manifestations, neonatal pneumonia is divided into early (1st week of life) and late (8–28th day of life). The etiology of pneumonia in newborns depends on the time, route and conditions of infection. Diagnosis of the disease in newborns is determined by the level and equipment of the clinic and is based on the detection of antenatal and postnatal risk factors, respiratory and general symptoms, radiological signs, markers of systemic inflammatory response syndrome/bacterial infection and the results of etiological diagnosis.