Surfactant Replacement Therapy in Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Meta-analysis of Clinical Trials of Single-Dose Surfactant Extracts

American Journal of Diseases of Children

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 102-104

  Hennes, Halim M ^a   Lee, Martha B ^a   Rimm, Alfred A ^a   Shapiro, Donald L ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; META-ANALYSIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0025967063     PISSN: 0002922X     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1991.02160010108027     Document Type: Article

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