Background
RDS
NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
The management goal of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is to improve survival of affected neonates using non-invasive respiratory support, surfactant therapy, mechanical ventilation, and overall care of the premature neonate [Currently, the European consensus guidelines on RDS recommend administering surfactant in non-invasively ventilated neonates when the fraction of inspired oxygen (FiOOn the contrary, waiting to fulfill FiOThe role of lung ultrasound (LU) as a semi-quantitative method to decide whether to administer exogenous surfactant has been extensively studied in recent years. The first study by Brat et al. [