Effect of exogenous surfactant on total respiratory system compliance.

Open Access

1 April 1984

journal article
clinical trial
Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood

Vol. 59 (4) , 369-371
https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.59.4.369

Abstract

We measured total respiratory system compliance (Crs) before and after instilling 25 mg artificial surfactant in 1 ml saline down the endotracheal tube of preterm babies requiring resuscitation at birth, and compared results with data from 6 similar babies receiving saline only. Surfactant did not produce a significant improvement in Crs.

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