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Infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS) also called neonatal respiratory distress syndrome respiratory distress syndrome of newborn or increasingly surfactant deficiency disorder (SDD) and previously called hyaline membrane disease (HMD) is a syndrome in premature infants caused by developmental insufficiency of surfactant production and structural immaturity in the lungs. It can also result from a genetic problem with the production of surfactant associated proteins.

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