A Comparison of Surfactant as Immediate Prophylaxis and as Rescue Therapy in Newborns of Less Than 30 Weeks' Gestation - Concepedia

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A Comparison of Surfactant as Immediate Prophylaxis and as Rescue Therapy in Newborns of Less Than 30 Weeks' Gestation

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1991

Year

James W. Kendig, Robert H. Notter, Christopher Cox, Linda J. Reubens, Jonathan M. Davis, William M. Maniscalco, Robert A. Sinkin, Albert L. Bartoletti, Harry S. Dweck, Michael J. Horgan,

New England Journal of Medicine

Abstract

We found a significant advantage to the administration of the initial dose of surfactant as prophylaxis rather than as rescue therapy in very premature infants.

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