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Author: Peter Stiling, Robert Brooker, Linda Graham, Eric Widmaier
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To explain: The use of glucocorticoids in a  newborn for the prevention of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS).

Introduction: The adrenal glands are responsible for the making of the hormone, glucocorticoids. The function performed by this hormone is the stimulation of surfactant production in the lungs.

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