SFTPA1 and newborn respiratory distress syndrome: On the contrary, some clinical reports have concluded that low SP‐A was associated with RDS and very low levels of SP‐A were observed in the lungs of babies who died from RDS, although this is not a uniform finding (Chang et al., 2016; deMello et al., 1989, 1993; Hallman et al., 1991; Moya et al., 1994).