The Most Common Complications of Premature Births. The risk of complications increases the earlier the baby is born. Any complication that a premature newborn experiences will be treated in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Immature Lungs â Most babies have mature lungs by 36 weeks of gestation.
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Definition of RDS (respiratory distress syndrome) RDS (respiratory distress syndrome): Formerly known as hyaline membrane disease, a syndrome of respiratory difficulty in newborn infants caused by a deficiency of a molecule called surfactant. RDS almost always occurs in newborns born before 37 weeks of gestation. The more premature the baby is, the greater is the chance of developing RDS.