A full-term infant received surfactant as rescue therapy for RDS. Despite redosing, the infant has not been able to be extubated during the first 2 weeks of life. What should this neonate be evaluated for?

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Full-term infants with RDS, surfactant nonresponders, and infants who cannot be extubated in the first weeks of life because of a respiratory condition should be evaluated for SP-B deficiency, alveolar capillary dysplasia, and $\alpha$1-antitrypsin deficiency.

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