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    Rapid biophysical analyses of gastric aspirates from risk newborns for lung maturity assessment after corticosteroid therapy

    Year: 2019

    Journal: Heliyon, Volume 5, DEC

    Authors: Tsanova, Asya; Jordanova, Albena; Stoyanova, Vishnya; Tasheva-Terzieva, Elena; Ivanova, Krasimira; Lalchev, Zdravko

    Organizations: Bulgarian National Science Fund, Ministry of Education and ScienceNational Science Fund of Bulgaria [(sic)H 03/16]

    Keywords: Biochemistry; Developmental biology; Respiratory system; Pediatrics; Clinical research; Gastric aspirates; Lung maturity; Axisymmetric drop shape analysis; Brewster angle microscopy; Neonatal distress syndrome

    Background: One of the main causes for the higher mortality among risk newborn children (including preterm infants) is neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS), which develops as a result of primary deficiency or secondary inactivation of alveolar surfactant (AS). Therefore, fast and early diagnostics of risk newborns lung maturity is crucial for their prompt therapy. Materials and methods: Gastric aspirates (GA) were collected from 77 infants divided into three groups: a control of 38 healthy full-term infants; 16 prematurely newborns with NRDS, and 23 prematurely born infants after in vitro fertilization and corticosteroid therapy (CST). Surface parameters: equilibrium (gamma(eq)), maximal (gamma(max)) and minimal (gamma(min)) surface tension, and the shape of hysteresis curves of GA monolayers were measured by axisymmetric drop shape analysis (ADSA) of a pending drop. In addition, the morphology of GA monolayers was studied by Brewster angle microscopy (BAM). Results: Our results showed that only gamma(min) values were reliable and were significantly lower in full-term infants, as compared to the risk neonates. The results obtained were proved by the shape of hysteresis curves of GA surface active films. BAM images of GA monolayers from NRDS group showed impaired surface morphology due to the surfactant insufficiency, as compared to the control group. Corticosteroid therapy improved both GA surface characteristics and monolayer morphology. Conclusions: GAs analyses by ADSA and BAM are fast and informative approaches for lung maturity assessment. In addition, the corticosteroid therapy applied improved all GAs surface parameters due to AS maturation.
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