Journal article
Surfactant therapy for acute respiratory failure in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract
IntroductionExogenous surfactant is used to treat acute respiratory failure in children, although the benefits and harms in this setting are not clear. The objective of the present systematic review is to assess the effect of exogenous pulmonary surfactant on all-cause mortality in children mechanically ventilated for acute respiratory failure.MethodsWe searched the MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and Ovid Healthstar databases, the bibliographies of …
Authors
Duffett M; Choong K; Ng V; Randolph A; Cook DJ
Journal
Critical Care, Vol. 11, No. 3,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2007
DOI
10.1186/cc5944
ISSN
1364-8535