Acute Pathophysiological Effects of Intratracheal Instillation of Budesonide and Exogenous Surfactant in a Neonatal Surfactant-depleted Piglet Model

Acute Pathophysiological Effects of Intratracheal Instillation of Budesonide and Exogenous Surfactant in a Neonatal Surfactant-depleted Piglet Model

Chronic lung disease continues to be a major complication in premature infants with severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). This is despite having advanced ventilatory care, prenatal corticosteroids, and postnatal surfactant therapies. The combined use of intratracheal corticosteroids and surfac...

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Main Authors: Chia-Feng Yang, Mei-Jy Jeng, Wen-Jue Soong, Yu-Sheng Lee, Pen-Chen Tsao, Ren-Bin Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-08-01
Series:Pediatrics and Neonatology
Subjects:
budesonide
corticosteroid
piglet
respiratory distress syndrome
surfactant
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957210600423

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