Formal Opinion 90-357 of the American Bar Association provides four acceptable definitions of the term: 1  A part-time practitioner who practices law in association with a firm, but on a basis different from that of the mainstream lawyers in the firm.
Infant respiratory distress syndrome, known as neonatal respiratory distress syndrome or lately more frequently respiratory distress syndrome of newborn or surfactant deficiency disorder, represents a medical condition that involves premature babies and which is caused by a structural immaturity and insufficient development of pulmonary production in the lungs.
Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) affects about 1 percent of newborn infants. and is the leading cause of death in babies who are born prematurely (1). About. 12 percent of babies born in the United States are preterm, which is higher than. in other developed countries (2).