Surfactant therapy for respiratory failure due to near-drowning.
We report a nearly drowned 3-year-old boy who was treated successfully with exogenous bovine surfactant. Exogenous surfactant should be administered to patients with refractory respiratory failure based on the pulmonary pathophysiology in near-drowning.
Suzuki
H
H
Department of Paediatrics, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
Ohta
T
T
Iwata
K
K
Yamaguchi
K
K
Sato
T
T
D001688:Biological Products; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015701:Near Drowning / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
D001688:Biological Products; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants; C072197:beractant