What treatment may improve lung fluid clearance in the infant with transient tachypnea?

a. CPAP
b. Oxygen
c. Mechanical ventilation
d. Frequent turning of the infant


ANS: D
Because the retention of lung fluid may be gravity dependent, frequent changes in the infant's position may help to speed lung fluid clearance.

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