Novel Approaches to Surfactant Administration

Surfactant replacement therapy has been the mainstay of treatment for preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome for more than twenty years. For the most part, surfactant is administered intratracheally, followed by mechanical ventilation. In recent years, the growing interest in noninvasive...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Samir Gupta, Steven M. Donn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Critical Care Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/278483