TY - JOUR T1 - An infant with persistent tachypnoea JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 222 LP - 223 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309901 VL - 102 IS - 4 AU - Lubna Mohammed Abdul Wajid AU - Ian Sinha AU - Richa Gupta Y1 - 2017/08/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/102/4/222.abstract N2 - A 6-week-old girl was referred to the respiratory unit in a tertiary hospital for persistent tachypnoea since she was 5 days old and changes on her chest X-ray. She was born at 37+2 weeks following emergency caesarean section for breech. Antenatal scans were normal and there were no risk factors for sepsis. At day 5 of life, the parents noted increased work of breathing with significant subcostal recessions. Her tachypnoea gradually worsened, and this affected her feeds. A chest X-ray was performed (figure 1) at 4 weeks of age and images were shared with the tertiary unit for opinion. She was admitted at 6 weeks to the tertiary unit for further investigations. On examination, she appeared lethargic and had a respiratory rate of 45 beats per minute with saturations 97% in air. She had good air entry bilaterally with moderate subcostal recessions. … ER -