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High frequency oscillation and exogenous surfactant in the treatment of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
Author(s) -
Claris O,
Salle BL
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb09018.x
Subject(s) - medicine , respiratory distress , neonatal respiratory distress syndrome , pulmonary surfactant , distress , oscillation (cell signaling) , intensive care medicine , respiratory system , pediatrics , anesthesia , clinical psychology , pregnancy , gestational age , physics , biology , genetics , thermodynamics
Surfactant therapy has become widely used in neonates suffering from respiratory distress syndrome. High frequency oscillation has been shown to be efficient and safe in animal models, but somewhat less convincing in human neonates. An overview is given of the experimental and clinical data assessing the combination of these two techniques. Personal preliminary data are briefly presented.