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The Use of Exogenous Lung Surfactant (Poractant Alfa) in Acute Respiratory Failure by Drowning
Drowning is an acute respiratory failure as a result from immersion or submersion of the airways in a liquid medium (predominantly water). Inhalation of water causes severe lung damage due to the destruction of pulmonary surfactant, resulting in decreased lung elasticity, alveolar collapse, alterati...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7294348/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32566323 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9270791 |