Pulmonary Hemorrhage (PH) in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Infants: Successful Treatment with Surfactant

We report a case of an extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infant presenting with pulmonary hemorrhage (PH) in which we have given surfactant after an acute episode of bleeding with severe intractable hypoxemia. Surfactant replacement therapy showed improvement in Mean Airway Pressure (MAP) and oxygen...

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Published in:Journal of clinical and diagnostic research 2015-03, Vol.9 (3), p.SD03-SD04
Main Authors: Suryawanshi, Pradeep, Nagpal, Rema, Meshram, Vaibhav, Malshe, Nandini, Kalrao, Vijay
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
conventional ventilation
hypoxia
preterm
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Summary:We report a case of an extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infant presenting with pulmonary hemorrhage (PH) in which we have given surfactant after an acute episode of bleeding with severe intractable hypoxemia. Surfactant replacement therapy showed improvement in Mean Airway Pressure (MAP) and oxygenation indices. Our case suggests that surfactant replacement therapy is useful in PH.
ISSN:2249-782X
0973-709X
DOI:10.7860/JCDR/2015/8596.5691