Use of surfactant for prophylaxis versus rescue treatment of respiratory distress syndrome: Experience from an Italian-Bulgarian trial

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 47-54

  Bevilacqua, G ^a   Gaioni, L ^c   Chernev, T ^b   Volante, E ^a   Parmigiani, S ^a   Gambini, L ^a   Yarakova, N ^b   Bussolati, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Prophylaxis in the delivery room; Rescue treatment; Respiratory distress syndrome; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT EXTRACT; OXYGEN; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BULGARIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRATRACHEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ITALY; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; ROMANIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BULGARIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; ITALY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; ROMANIA; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7344240953     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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