1 MCQs in Pediatrics for NEET PG
A 32-week-old male neonate born to a mother who did not receive antenatal corticosteroids presents with severe respiratory distress within 2 hours of birth. CXR shows a ground-glass reticulonodular pattern with air bronchograms and decreased lung volume. Amniotic fluid analysis reveals the parameter marked **D** in the diagram is 1.5. Which of the following best explains the pathophysiology of this infant's condition?
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