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Editorial Comment
Surfactant for acute respiratory failure in children: where should it fit in our treatment algorithm?
- Margrid Schindler.
- Crit Care. 2007 Jan 1;11(4):148.
AbstractIn a recent meta-analysis, surfactant administration in paediatric acute respiratory failure was associated with improved oxygenation, reduced mortality, increased ventilator-free days and reduced duration of ventilation. Surfactant is expensive, however, and its use involves installation of large volumes into the lungs, resulting in transient hypoxia and hypotension in some patients. Many questions also remain unanswered, such the as optimum dosage and the timing of administration of surfactant. The merits of surfactant administration should therefore still be decided on an individual case-by-case basis.
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