FEATURES OF COMPUTER BRONCHOPHONOGRAPHY IN PREMATURE NEWBORN CHILDREN

Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome is the most severe and widespread perinatal pathology in the world, causing increased morbidity and mortality in children. The most vulnerable group of newborns are premature babies. The purpose of the study was to study the state of airway patency in children with respiratory distress syndrome to improve diagnostic, treatment and preventive programs. When conducting computer bronchophonography, differences were noted between the study groups and patterns of increase in the acoustic spectrum of breathing were identified in the presence of manifestations of respiratory distress syndrome in the examined newborns, more pronounced in premature newborns, and gender differences in the frequency and degree of airway obstruction were identified, more pronounced in boys. Computer bronchophonography is an accessible, gentle, objective, statistically reliable, informative method in the diagnosis of diseases of the lower respiratory tract even in the smallest – premature newborns.