High-volume surfactant administration using a minimally invasive technique: Experience from a Canadian Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | Zendy

Soume Bhattacharya | Zendy; Brooke Read | Zendy; Evelyn McGovern | Zendy; Orlando da Silva | Zendy

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High-volume surfactant administration using a minimally invasive technique: Experience from a Canadian Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Author(s) -

Soume Bhattacharya,

Brooke Read,

Evelyn McGovern,

Orlando da Silva

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

paediatrics and child health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1918-1485

pISSN - 1205-7088

DOI - 10.1093/pch/pxy162

Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary surfactant , respiratory distress , surfactant therapy , continuous positive airway pressure , mist , anesthesia , intubation , neonatal intensive care unit , catheter , ventilation (architecture) , intensive care medicine , mechanical ventilation , surgery , gestational age , pediatrics , chemistry , pregnancy , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , physics , engineering , biology , meteorology , obstructive sleep apnea , genetics

Surfactant delivery via a thin endotracheal catheter during spontaneous breathing, a technique called minimally invasive surfactant therapy (MIST), is an alternative to intubation and surfactant administration. There is paucity of data regarding the administration of high-volume surfactant using this technique.

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