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Bench-to-bedside review: Paediatric viral lower respiratory tract disease necessitating mechanical ventilation – should we use exogenous surfactant?

Treatment of infants with viral lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) necessitating mechanical ventilation is mainly symptomatic. The therapeutic use of surfactant seems rational because significantly lower levels of surfactant phospholipids and proteins, and impaired capacity to reduce surface ten...

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Autores principales: Kneyber, Martin CJ, Plötz, Frans B, Kimpen, Jan LL
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1414027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16356236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc3823