Surfactant replacement therapy improves
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Kenneth L. Sandberg; Daniel P. Lindstrom; Bengt Arne SjΓΆqvist; Robert A. Parker;
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Surfactant deficiency in newborn infants with hyaline membrane disease (HMD) reduces peripheral airway stability, leading to lung atelectasis, inhomogeneity of distribution of ventilation, ventilation/perfusion mismatch, and hypoxemia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the immediate effect of ex