Instillation of calf lung surfactant extract (calfactant) is beneficial in pediatric acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Members of the Mid-Atlantic Pediatric Critical Care Network.

DF, Willson; A, Zaritsky; LA, Bauman; K, Dockery; RL, James; D, Conrad; H, Craft; WE, Novotny; EA, Egan; H, Dalton

doi:10.1097/00003246-199901000-00050

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Instillation of calf lung surfactant extract (calfactant) is beneficial in pediatric acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Members of the Mid-Atlantic Pediatric Critical Care Network.

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Authors:

Willson DF

Zaritsky A

Bauman LA

Abstract

Objective Prospective study of the efficacy of calf lung surfactant extract in pediatric respiratory failure.Design Multi-institutional, prospective, randomized, controlled, unblinded trial.Setting Eight pediatric intensive care units (ICU) of tertiary medical centers.Patients Forty-two children wit...

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