title: Fluid recovery during lung lavage in meconium aspiration syndrome.
abstract: Lung lavage using two aliquots of 15 mL/kg of dilute surfactant was performed in 30 ventilated infants with severe meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS). Mean recovery of instilled lavage fluid was 46%, with greater fluid return associated with lower mean airway pressure at 24 h and a shorter duration of respiratory support.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recovery of instilled lavage fluid is paramount in effective lung lavage in MAS and must be afforded priority in the lavage technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Royal Hobart Hospital and University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas., Australia. peter.dargaville@dhhs.tas.gov.au
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Dargaville
authors.forename: Beverley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Copnell
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Haron
authors.forename: Jimmy K F
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Tingay
authors.forename: Jaafar
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rohana
authors.forename: Lindsay F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Mildenhall
authors.forename: Mei-Jy
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Jeng
authors.forename: Anushree
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Narayanan
authors.forename: Malcolm R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Battin
authors.forename: Carl A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kuschel
authors.forename: Joel L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sadowsky
authors.forename: Harshad
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kilburn
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Carlin
authors.forename: Colin J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Morley
mesh_terms: D018893:Bronchoalveolar Lavage / Q000379:methods*; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016014:Linear Models; D008471:Meconium Aspiration Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome