What causes RDS in c-section

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What causes increased risk of RDS in c-sectioned babies?

And neonatologist attending says the whole cortisol surfactant thing is wrong, even though goljan say so...

 

[kryptik]

what did s/he say is the cause of the increase in risk?

 

[IHeartNerds]

My understanding is that labor squeezes out some lung fluid.

I never bought the whole cortisol thing either, since the timeline seemed too short to make a real difference. Hm.

 

[username456789]

My understanding is that labor squeezes out some lung fluid.

Yeah, that's what I learned leads to transient tachypnea of the newborn (or, at least what's often responsible). So it's not a far stretch of the imagination to assume that it could also lead to RDS.

 

[cushie]

jk

 

[cushie]

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[turkeyjerky]

What causes increased risk of RDS in c-sectioned babies?

And neonatologist attending says the whole cortisol surfactant thing is wrong, even though goljan say so...

maybe it's just cause babies born by c-section are more likely to be preterm.

 

[MDROCKSTAR]

It's not that risk of RDS is increased in C-sectioned babies per say, but rather RDS is a fetal complication of pregestational DM. Mothers with pregestational DM will inadvertently have a C-section b/c of macrosomia. So in a way, yes, the RDS risk is increased in c-sectioned babies, but it is not because of the c-section that the RDS occurs. Does that make sense?

 

[montessori2md]

It's not that risk of RDS is increased in C-sectioned babies per say, but rather RDS is a fetal complication of pregestational DM. Mothers with pregestational DM will inadvertently have a C-section b/c of macrosomia. So in a way, yes, the RDS risk is increased in c-sectioned babies, but it is not because of the c-section that the RDS occurs. Does that make sense?

It really is the method of delivery, it's an independent risk factor, and one of the rare actually studied facts in L&D 😉 If you read the citations at the end of the article in the link below, you can see some of the primary studies. Getting pushed out makes it less likely baby will aspirate -this makes mechanical sense, if you think about trying to inhale while being wrapped in a contracting uterus, vs trying to breathe while being pulled out of a non-contracting, sliced open uterus. I'd be less likely to think GDM was an issue compared to say, malpresentation and atony screwing with your data -atony is a big time contributor to C/S (arrest) and would also mechanically be less helpful in keeping baby from aspirating.

http://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(05)00717-9/abstract