TY - BOOK AU - Ramy Mohammed Ezz Aldin AU - Dalia Mosallam , AU - Lobna Mansour , AU - Sahar Abdelatty Sharaf , TI - Lactate and lactate dehydrogenase in predicting the severity of transient tachypnea of the newborn / PY - 2015/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ramy Mohammed Ezz Aldin , KW - Hypoxia KW - Lactate and LDH KW - Transient tachypnea of the newborn N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - Background: Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN) is a common cause of respiratory distress and NICU admission among full and near term neonates due to delayed resorption of fetal lung fluid after birth, which usually resolves in 2 {u2013} 3 days with oxygen supplementation but can persist in some neonates requiring nasal continuous positive airway pressure (n CPAP) and/or mechanical ventilation. The aim of the study: is to investigate the relationship between Lactate & LDH levels as a hypoxia determinants and the prolonged oxygen therapy and respiratory support requirements in the neonates having TTN. ER -