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Article: Clinical course of premature infants intubated in the delivery room, submitted or not to porcine-derived lung surfactant therapy within the first hour of life
- Article from:
- Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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CopyrightCopyright CRC Press Sep 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to perform a comparative analysis of the clinical outcome, gasometric course and ventilatory indices of premature infants with a gestational age of < or = 34 weeks who were intubated in the delivery room, owing to respiratory insufficiency, according to whether or not they were submitted to porcine-derived lung surfactant therapy within the first hour of life.
Methods: The study was randomized and controlled. A total of 75 premature infants were classified into two groups: group A, comprising 35 neonates who were submitted to surfactant within the first hour of life; and group B, comprising 40 neonates who were not submitted to surfactant within the ...