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aspiration
(redirected from meconium aspiration)

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aspiration
1. 
a. the act of breathing
b. a breath
2. removal of air or fluid from a body cavity by suction
3. Med
a. the sucking of fluid or foreign matter into the air passages of the body
b. the removal of air or fluid from the body by suction

aspiration [‚as·pə′rā·shən]
(medicine)
The removal of fluids from a cavity by suction.
(microbiology)
The use of suction to draw up a sample in a pipette.
(science and technology)
Act or the result of removing, carrying along, or drawing by suction.


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Thirteen of the high-risk infants also had major medical concerns, including intraventricular hemorrhage, periventricular leukomalacia, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, seizures, hydrocephalus, microcephaly, or patent ductus arteriosus; 6 others had severe meconium aspiration.
Discovery is currently conducting a Phase 2 clinical trial for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in adults, Phase 3 and Phase 2 clinical trials for Meconium Aspiration Syndrome in full-term infants.
They failed to report on any measures of other serious maternal and infant morbidity, such as cesarean section, induction of labor, forceps or vacuum delivery, maternal infection, perineal lacerations, total maternal blood loss, hysterectomy, use of pain medications, postpartum rehospitalization, meconium aspiration, neonatal infection, cord prolapse, placental abruption, uterine rupture, fetal distress, jaundice, or failure to breastfeed.
 
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