Treatment of severe meconium aspiration syndrome with porcine surfactant

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1047-1051

  Halliday, Henry L ^a,b   Speer, Christian P ^c   Robertson, Bengt ^d  

^a ROYAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Meconium aspiration syndrome; Newborn; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT EXTRACT; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029982108     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02532529     Document Type: Article

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