Medical Dialogues

Early Caffeine Plus Less Invasive Surfactant Administration Fails to Benefit in Death or NDI in Preterm Infants on CPAP: JAMA

USA: A secondary analysis of a randomized trial of preterm infants on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has found ...
Augusta Free Press

VCU team receives $3M to develop noninvasive respiratory treatment

Newborns who lack natural surfactants develop respiratory distress syndrome. Surfactants are materials that reduce liquid surface tension, enabling carbon dioxide and oxygen to easily exchange as ...
WHNT

Chiesi USA Announces Publication of Health Economics Analysis of Selective Early Rescue Surfactant Administration vs. Standard Surfactant Administration for Premature Infants ...

This cost-consequence analysis suggests selective early rescue surfactant administration strategies are associated with a lower healthcare burden in premature infants with RDS. CARY, N.C., Nov. 29, ...
Medscape

Lung Aeration Patterns in Chest Radiographs Tied to Surfactant Treatment in Premature Infants With Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Computerised chest radiograph analysis revealed that the surfactant treatment led to better aeration in the right lung than in the left lung among infants born extremely preterm with respiratory ...
Medscape

Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study of Porcine Surfactant in Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Induced Respiratory Failure

This was a multicenter (six centers), randomized, controlled study of exogenous surfactant (Curosurf) in infants with severe RSV disease with acute respiratory failure requiring CMV. The study was ...