1670 NATURAL SURFACTANT THERAPY (NST): CLINICAL AND BIO-PHYSICAL CORRElATES IN PREMATURE LAMBS

Sequential treatments of premature lambs with an artificial surfactant and natural surfactant.

To test an artificial surfactant in vivo, six 120-d gestational age lambs were treated at birth with a mixture of a 9:1 M ratio of [14C]dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPC) and phosphatidylglycerol at a dose of 100 mg DPC/kg. Nine other lambs were not treated. The mean PO2 values of the lambs treated with artificial surfactant were 65.7 +/- 11 mm Hg vs. 24.8 +/- 1.6 mm Hg for the untreated lam...

Lung function in premature lambs and rabbits treated with a recombinant SP-C surfactant.

We evaluated the efficacy of a recombinant surfactant protein-C (rSP-C) surfactant in vitro and in vivo, using ventilated preterm lambs and rabbits. The surface tension measured with a Wilhelmy balance of the rSP-C surfactant was lower than the surface tension of natural sheep surfactant (containing SP-B and SP-C). The rSP-C and natural surfactants were equivalently sensitive to inhibition by p...

Artificial surfactant and natural surfactant. Comparative study of the effects on premature rabbit lungs.

Premature newborn rabbits, delivered on day 27 of gestation, were treated with tracheal deposition of dry artificial surfactant containing dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine and unsaturated phosphatidylglycerol (7:3), or crude natural surfactant prepared by centrifugation of lung wash from adult rabbits. Before receiving surfactant, the animals were allowed to breathe for 7--27 min; they were then...

Surfactant treatment for premature babies--a review of clinical trials.

Surfactant and RDS in premature infants.