PEDIATRICS Vol. 48 No. 5 November 1971, pp. 841
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Steroids in Hyaline Membrane Disease

Abraham Tow M.D.1

1 Guyan Valley Hospital, Logan, West Virginia 25601

A relationship between the adrenal and hyaline membrane disease has been suggested by the report of Naeye, Harcke, and Blanc in the April issue of Pediatrics.1

A few years ago, while active on the newborn service at the Guyan Valley Hospital, I treated a 5 lb Caucasian male premature with dyspnea, marked sternal retraction, and cyanosis. A diagnosis of hyaline membrane disease was confirmed by x-ray. Treatment with oxygen and moisture in an Isolette did not help.