Clinical course of premature infants intubated in the delivery room, submitted or not to porcine-derived lung surfactant therapy within the first hour of life

Abstract

In premature infants with established RDS, the need for exogenous surfactant was lower in the group that received surfactant within the first hour of life. Furthermore, the gasometric parameters and ventilatory indexes presented a better course in the first 24 h of life among premature infants who received exogenous surfactant within the first hour of life, in relation to those who did not.