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Abstract Respiratory distress syndrome in neonates is primarily a disease of prematureneonates caused by deficiency in pulmonary surfactant; results in pulmonary insufficiency beginning soon after birth (EuropeanConsensus Guidelines, 2017). Risk of neonatal RDS diminishes as gestational age of the fetus increases, because the lungs are the final fetal organs to functionally mature. Therefore, neonatal RDS is considered to be a disease of premature newborns (Aynalem, Y. A.et al., 2020). Also referred to as surfactant deficiency disorder; previously referred to as hyaline membrane disease (Aldana-Aguirre et al.,2017). Preterm birth can occur after spontaneous onset of labor with or without preterm rupture of membranes; however, preterm deliveries are sometimes initiated by physicians. Deliveries can be accidentally preterm because of gestational |