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| Other names | Beractant, Poractant alfa, others |
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Pulmonary surfactant is used as a medication to treat and prevent respiratory distress syndrome in newborn babies.[1]
Prevention is generally done in babies born at a gestational age of less than 32 weeks.[1] It is given by the endotracheal tube.[1] Onset of effects is rapid.[2] A number of doses may be needed.[2]
Side effects may include slow heart rate and low oxygen levels.[1] Its use is also linked with intracranial bleeding.[1] Pulmonary surfactant may be isolated from the lungs of cows or pigs or made artificially.[1][3][4]
Pulmonary surfactant was discovered in the 1950s and a manufactured version was approved for medical use in the United States in 1990.[3] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[5]
- ^ a b c d e f British National Formulary: BNF 69 (69 ed.). British Medical Association. 2015. p. 217. ISBN 9780857111562.
- ^ a b Martin RJ, Crowley MA (2013). "Respiratory Problems". In Fanaroff AA, Fanaroff JM (eds.). Klaus and Fanaroff's Care of the High-Risk Neonate, Expert Consult - Online and Print,6: Klaus and Fanaroff's Care of the High-Risk Neonate. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 252. ISBN 978-1416040019. Archived from the original on 2017-01-09.
- ^ a b Lantos JD, Meadow WL (2006). "The Era of Exposed Ignorance, 1982-1992". Neonatal Bioethics: The Moral Challenges of Medical Innovation. JHU Press. pp. 54–56. ISBN 9780801883446. Archived from the original on 2017-01-09.
- ^ Wratney AT, Cheifetz IM (2006). "Gases and Drugs Used in Support of the Respiratory System". In Slonim AD, Pollack MM (eds.). Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 724–725. ISBN 9780781794695. Archived from the original on 2017-01-09.
- ^ World Health Organization (2019). World Health Organization model list of essential medicines: 21st list 2019. Geneva: World Health Organization. hdl:10665/325771. WHO/MVP/EMP/IAU/2019.06. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.