Methods of surfactant administration in newborn. Literature review

• Main Authors: Julia Głoskowska (Author), Agata Frańczuk (Author), Katarzyna Kuleta (Author), Tomasz Dyl (Author), Adrian Kruk (Author), Hanna Gruszczyńska (Author), Angelika Szpulak (Author), Ewelina Kopczyńska (Author), Aleksandra Makłowicz (Author), Michał Peregrym (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The most common cause of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in neonates born prematurely is surfactant deficiency. Surfactant administration has been the method of choice for the treatment of RDS since the 1990s, only the method of delivery is changing with the use of increasingly less invasive met...