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Surfactant administration in premature infants with RDS

  • ISMETA KALKAN1
  • SUADA HELJIĆ 1
  • AMRA ČENGIĆ1
  • VERICA MIŠANOVIĆ1
  • DUŠKO ANIĆ1
  • FEDŽAT JONUZI1
  • HAJRIJA MAKSIĆ1

1,Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Pediatric Hospital Clinical Centre Sarajevo

DOI: 10.22514/SV21.042007.5 Vol.2,Issue 1,April 2007 pp.21-24

Published: 20 April 2007

*Corresponding Author(s): ISMETA KALKAN E-mail: vrabac7@yahoo.com

Abstract

Background. The significant advancement in the treatment of respiratory distress syndrome can be attributed to prenatal identification of high risk pregnancies, prevention of illness through antenatal care, prenatal administration of glucocorti-coids, advancement in respiratory support and surfactant therapy. These measures resulted in the reduction of mortality and morbidity rates in preterm infants.

Patients and methods. We analyzed data of 78 preterm babies with respiratory distress syndrome hospitalized in the NICU of the Pediatric Clinic, KCU Sarajevo. All children included in the study were mechanically ventilated and treated with one or more doses of bovine surfactant (Survanta) as rescue therapy. Surfactant was given to children with clinical and radiological 

signs of RDS, who required FiO2>0,40. We used the standard procedure of giving surfactant therapy to intubated children in sterile conditions, after we confirmed, by X-ray, correct tube placement.

Results. We investigated the clinical efficacy of surfactant in relation to time of administration, O2 requirement and necessity of one or more doses of surfactant. We found that early treatment with surfactant replacement- within 6 hours of birth- is more effective, and resulted in a significant reduction of mortality rate (p<0,01). Treatment with multiple doses is more effective in comparison to one dose, although there was not a significant difference (p<0,20) between the treated groups. There is a 

significant difference (p<0,01) between groups related to O2 requirement. In the group of babies which required 60% or more O2 concentration in inhaled air at the time of surfactant replacement, mortality rate was significantly higher (p<0,01). Conclusion. Our study confirmed the benefits of surfactant therapy in preterm babies with respiratory distress syndrome. We confirmed the advantages of early treatment vs. late treatment, but we could not confirm the obvious advantage of multiple over single doses. So, a reasonable recommendation is to treat the infants as soon as clinical signs of developing respira-tory distress appear with an individual dose for each infant.

Keywords

respiratory distress syn-drome, surfactant, preterm

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ISMETA KALKAN,SUADA HELJIĆ ,AMRA ČENGIĆ,VERICA MIŠANOVIĆ,DUŠKO ANIĆ,FEDŽAT JONUZI,HAJRIJA MAKSIĆ. Surfactant administration in premature infants with RDS. Signa Vitae. 2007. 2(1);21-24.

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