Review: Surfactant respiratory therapy using Surfaxin/sinapultide

Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in preterm infants. Surfactant replacement therapy has been widely used to prevent and treat RDS in these newborns and has now become a standard of care. First-generation synthetic surfactants such as Exosurf did not c...

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Main Authors: Mithilesh K. Lal, Sunil K. Sinha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-10-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1753465808097113