What is neonatal pneumonia? Does neonatal pneumonia require intubation?

Neonatal pneumonia is a common pediatric disease. It is a general term for diseases caused by pneumonia reactions or secondary infections caused by inhalation of meconium, amniotic fluid, etc. in newborns. According to the cause of neonatal pneumonia, it can be divided into neonatal infectious pneumonia and neonatal aspiration pneumonia. Neonatal pneumonia not only affects children's respiratory function, but also endangers their lives. Next, let's follow Luo Haibiao, deputy chief physician of Shaoguan First People's Hospital, to learn about the causes and symptoms of neonatal pneumonia and other related issues. What is neonatal pneumonia? Neonatal pneumonia usually refers to neonatal infectious pneumonia. Infectious pneumonia can be transmitted from mother to child, such as inhalation of contaminated amniotic fluid or mother's illness, and can be transmitted to the baby through blood. If the mother has a disease or fever during labor, or the child is born, the fetal membrane is more than 18 hours in advance, these situations are prone to pneumonia. How is neonatal pneumonia caused? Neonatal pneumonia is mainly caused by infection. The infection can be transmitted to the child through the mother's blood or contaminated amniotic fluid. Inhalation of infectious amniotic fluid at birth can also cause pneumonia. Children with blood infection may not show symptoms immediately after birth, and other symptoms may appear one after another after birth. Is the baby's spitting bubbles pneumonia? If a baby spits bubbles, it may not be pneumonia. Sometimes babies play with bubbles when they are playing with saliva or when milk is regurgitated. If the bubbles are accompanied by shortness of breath and hypoxia, pneumonia should be considered. Neonatal pneumonia must be hospitalized in time, because neonatal pneumonia will soon experience shortness of breath, foaming at the mouth, poor blood oxygen and even hypoxia after birth, so hospitalization is necessary. If pneumonia is treated with standardized treatment, the course of treatment is about one to two weeks. Timely treatment of neonatal pneumonia is very important. When neonatal pneumonia is diagnosed, appropriate drugs should be selected according to the cause of pneumonia. For example, infectious pneumonia needs to be treated with antibiotics. At the same time, the newborn's respiratory tract should be kept open, and care and monitoring should be strengthened. If the child has obvious symptoms such as difficulty breathing, endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation can be given to assist breathing if necessary to avoid suffocation.