Use of surfactant in neonatal intensive care units
Surfactant is currently an important therapy for newborns in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) with respiratory problems, specifically respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Surfactant was initially used in 1959, after it was recognized for maintaining lung inflation at low transpulmonary pressure...
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Language: | English |
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Indonesian Pediatric Society Publishing House
2016-10-01
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Series: | Paediatrica Indonesiana |
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Online Access: | https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/879 |