Disturbed surface properties in preterm infants with pneumonia

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 73-78

  Rudiger M ^a,b   Friedrich, W ^a   Rustow B ^a   Schmalisch, G ^a   Wauer, R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

L S ratio; Newborn; Pneumonia; Surface tension; Surfactant deficiency; Surfactant inhibition

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LECITHIN SPHINGOMYELIN RATIO; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHARYNX; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRACHEA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LUNG; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SPHINGOMYELINS; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0035107673     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047070     Document Type: Article

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