title: Replacement surfactant therapy.
abstract: The addition of replacement surfactant therapy to current neonatal intensive care techniques has brought about a significant reduction in the severity of, and mortality from, moderate-to-severe RDS in premature infants. Although exogenous surfactant is relatively easy to administer, its use should be limited to those skilled in handling critically-ill infants on ventilators. While its introduction has been a major step forward, it is not the whole answer to the vexing problem of respiratory distress syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health, King's College, London.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Greenough
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011859:Radiography; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants