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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Autores principales: Pezzi, Mario, Givigliano, Francesco, Perrone, Ottorino, Scozzafava, Annamaria, Maglio, Pietro, Casella, Patrizia, Giglio, Anna Maria, Verre, Mario, Voci, Carlo Pietro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Series
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

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