Surfactant substitution in ventilated very low birth weight infants: factors related to response types

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-208055
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.20805

Segerer, Hugo ; Stevens, P. ; Schadow, B. ; Maier, R. ; Kattner, E. ; Schwarz, H. ; Curstedt, T. ; Robertson, B. ; Obladen, Michael

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Abstract

We investigated factors than may influence the response to surfactant substitution. Thirty-five very low birth weight infants with respiratory distress syndrome were treated with Curosurf at 3-12 h of age. From the changes in oxygenation, the therapeutic response was categorized as rapid and sustained, rapid with relapse, or poor. Phospholipids and surfactant protein A were quantified in gastric ...