In a healthy lung, surfactant prevents atelectasis (collapse) of alveoli. In neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS), otherwise known as hyaline membrane disease, a lack of surfactant production results in atelectasis and intrapulmonary shunting.
Below are the first 14 presidents of the United States. 1  1. Peyton Randolph (Sept. 5, 1774 â Oct. 22, 1774), (May 10, 1775 â May 24, 1775)When delegates voted in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress, they elected Peyton Randolph as the first president of the territory known as the United States. Randolph was a planter and public official from the colony of Virginia.
Harry S. Truman was the US President after Franklin Roosevelt. Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States from 1945 April 12 to 1953 January 20. Truman becam â¦ e the US President after Roosevelt died while in office. Harry S Truman.here are two US Presidents named Roosevelt, so the answers for both are: Theodore Roosevelt became President upon McKinley's assassination, on September 14, 1901. He was re- â¦ elected to his own term in 1904 and sworn in on March 4, 1905.