Successful treatment of ARDS with two doses of synthetic surfactant

Chest. 1994 Apr;105(4):1263-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.105.4.1263.

Abstract

A 50-year-old man with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was successfully treated with synthetic surfactant. The therapy rapidly improved the respiratory function; it also increased the release of endogenous surfactant. Synthetic surfactant may thus be of value in the treatment of ARDS.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Drug Combinations
  • Fatty Alcohols / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Phosphorylcholine*
  • Polyethylene Glycols / therapeutic use*
  • Pulmonary Surfactants / therapeutic use*
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • Fatty Alcohols
  • Pulmonary Surfactants
  • Phosphorylcholine
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine, hexadecanol, tyloxapol drug combination