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Case Reports
. 2015 Mar;9(3):SD03-4.
doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/8596.5691. Epub 2015 Mar 1.

Pulmonary Hemorrhage (PH) in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Infants: Successful Treatment with Surfactant

Pradeep Suryawanshi  1 , Rema Nagpal  2 , Vaibhav Meshram  3 , Nandini Malshe  4 , Vijay Kalrao  5
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Pulmonary Hemorrhage (PH) in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Infants: Successful Treatment with Surfactant

Pradeep Suryawanshi et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2015 Mar.

Abstract

We report a case of an extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infant presenting with pulmonary hemorrhage (PH) in which we have given surfactant after an acute episode of bleeding with severe intractable hypoxemia. Surfactant replacement therapy showed improvement in Mean Airway Pressure (MAP) and oxygenation indices. Our case suggests that surfactant replacement therapy is useful in PH.

Keywords: Conventional ventilation; Hypoxia; Preterm.

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