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. 2025 Mar;27(2):257-260.
doi: 10.1007/s40272-024-00678-y. Epub 2025 Jan 8.

Dexmedetomidine for Less Invasive Surfactant Administration: Another Promising Medicine in an Ever-Growing Toolbox?

Christian A Maiwald  1   2 , Karel Allegaert  3   4   5
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Dexmedetomidine for Less Invasive Surfactant Administration: Another Promising Medicine in an Ever-Growing Toolbox?

Christian A Maiwald et al. Paediatr Drugs. 2025 Mar.
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Declarations. Funding: This project was not funded. Conflict of interest: C. A. Maiwald has a financial relationship in the profits of the Neofact® product as inventor (Murrplastik Medizintechnik GmbH, Germany) and his research projects on LISA are, in part, supported by Lyomark Pharma GmbH, Germany. Karel Allegaert is an Editorial Board member of Pediatric Drugs. Karel Allegaert was not involved in the selection of peer reviewers for the manuscript nor any of the subsequent editorial decisions. Patient consent for publication: Not applicable. Ethics approval: Not applicable. Availability of data and materials: Not applicable. Consent to participate: Not applicable. Code availability: Not applicable. Author contributions: CAM and KA drafted the first version of the manuscript in cooperation and both made important contributions from their research perspective. Both reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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