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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2008-10-01
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Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1753465808097113 |