Course Assessment: Musculosketal Development of the Premature Infant Chest Wall: It Takes More than the Lungs to Breathe Copy

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The anatomical factors increasing risk for respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants include:

There are three factors that impact an infant’s breathing skills, which one is NOT a factor:

True or False:

Premature infants predominantly have FAST twitch muscles for their respiratory pump. 

Thoracoabdominal motion is the synchrony of the infant’s chest wall and abdominal cavity during breathing. At what gestational age should premature infants have a stable chest wall during inhalation.

The primary (and most efficient) breathing patterns for premature infants is: