Surfactant Replacement Therapy in Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Case Control Study in Rural Hospital, Loni, India.

摘要

ABSTRACT To determine the role of surfactant in infants with respiratory distress syndrome in rural setup. We retrieved information from the neonates born in our hospital from August 2010 to July 2012 with signs of RDS and gestational age >26wks. Neonates with TTN, Congenital pneumonia and with surgical illness were ruled out. Those infants who received surfactant were taken as Cases and those who did not receive surfactant but managed with only CPAP and ventilator support were taken as Control.