Which factor contributes to increased respiratory complications in the preterm infant?

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A)The preterm neonate is unable to produce adequate amounts of surfactant in the lungs, decreasing compliance and increasing the pressure needed to expand the lungs with air. Collapsed alveoli do not facilitate exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, leading to hypoxia, inefficient pulmonary blood flow, and energy depletion. In preterm infants, the muscular coat on pulmonary blood vessels is incompletely developed, not absent, leading to decreased constriction of blood vessels. Prostaglandin E levels are increased, not decreased.
B)The preterm neonate is unable to produce adequate amounts of surfactant in the lungs, decreasing compliance and increasing the pressure needed to expand the lungs with air. Collapsed alveoli do not facilitate exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, leading to hypoxia, inefficient pulmonary blood flow, and energy depletion. In preterm infants, the muscular coat on pulmonary blood vessels is incompletely developed, not absent, leading to decreased constriction of blood vessels. Prostaglandin E levels are increased, not decreased.
C)The preterm neonate is unable to produce adequate amounts of surfactant in the lungs, decreasing compliance and increasing the pressure needed to expand the lungs with air. Collapsed alveoli do not facilitate exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, leading to hypoxia, inefficient pulmonary blood flow, and energy depletion. In preterm infants, the muscular coat on pulmonary blood vessels is incompletely developed, not absent, leading to decreased constriction of blood vessels. Prostaglandin E levels are increased, not decreased.
D)The preterm neonate is unable to produce adequate amounts of surfactant in the lungs, decreasing compliance and increasing the pressure needed to expand the lungs with air. Collapsed alveoli do not facilitate exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, leading to hypoxia, inefficient pulmonary blood flow, and energy depletion. In preterm infants, the muscular coat on pulmonary blood vessels is incompletely developed, not absent, leading to decreased constriction of blood vessels. Prostaglandin E levels are increased, not decreased.

Which Factor Contributes to Increased Respiratory Complications in the Preterm