[The effects of administering surfactant to two adolescents with leukemia suffering from respiratory distress].
Two adolescents (12 years old, suffering from acute lymphoid leukaemia (LLA) and 16 years old with acute myeloid leukaemia (LMA)) were treated with porcine surfactant (Curosurf). The indication for this treatment was a severe Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) which appeared during leukaemia treatment. Pulmonary thrombo-embolism was suspected. The surfactant administered improved ventilation and oxygenation, enabling confirmation of the diagnosis which would otherwise have been impossible due to the seriousness of their condition.
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Department, L.-Mandic Hospital, Merate, Italy.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001688:Biological Products; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010743:Phospholipids; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
D001688:Biological Products; D010743:Phospholipids; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants; C068291:poractant alfa
Effets d'un apport de surfactant chez deux adolescents leucémiques atteints de détresse respiratoire.