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Effects of natural surfactant combined with beclomethasone on oxidative stress: a pilot study in preterm lambs with RDS
This study suggests that natural surfactant + beclomethasone 800 mg/kg reduces the oxidative lung stress and improves the respiratory function in an animal model of RDS. >>
This study suggests that natural surfactant + beclomethasone 800 mg/kg reduces the oxidative lung stress and improves the respiratory function in an animal model of RDS. >>
Pediatric Pulmonology 2009, 44:1159–1167
(PubMed)
European Guideline on Management of RDS
Full paper available >>
About premature babies
When delivery occurs before 37th week, the baby is called premature >>Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Is the most common respiratory disorder of many babies born before 28 weeks of gestation >>The importance of surfactant
Surfactant is a complex substance produced in the lungs before birth >>

