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PeerJ, PeerJ, (2), p. e403, 2014

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.403

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Aerosol delivery of synthetic lung surfactant

Journal article published in 2014 by Frans J. Walther ORCID, José M. Hernández-Juviel, Alan J. Waring
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Abstract

Background. Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) is a widely accepted technique of non-invasive respiratory support in premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome due to lack of lung surfactant. If this approach fails, the next step is often intubation, mechanical ventilation (MV) and intratracheal instillation of clinical lung surfactant.