Surfactant replacement therapy: prophylaxis or treatment?

M S Dunn¹

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M S Dunn. Pediatrics. 1993 Jul.

. 1993 Jul;92(1):148-50.

M S Dunn¹

¹ Dept of Newborn and Developmental Paediatrics, Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto Perinatal Complex, Ontario, Canada.

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Prophylactic administration of calf lung surfactant extract is more effective than early treatment of respiratory distress syndrome in neonates of 29 through 32 weeks' gestation.
Kattwinkel J, Bloom BT, Delmore P, Davis CL, Farrell E, Friss H, Jung AL, King K, Mueller D. Kattwinkel J, et al. Pediatrics. 1993 Jul;92(1):90-8. Pediatrics. 1993. PMID: 8516091 Clinical Trial.