Citation

Onarheim H, Vik V. Acta Anaesthesiol. Scand. 2004; 48(6): 778-781.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Foundation, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.0001-5172.2004.00406.x

PMID

15196112

Abstract

This case report describes rapid and persistent improvement after one single dose of porcine surfactant (Curosurf) 0.5 ml/kg(-1) (40 mg/kg) intratracheally for adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with severe oxygenation failure 8 h after freshwater near-drowning in a 12-year-old girl.

Language: en

Keywords

Child; Humans; Female; Drowning; Time Factors; Biological Products/*therapeutic use; Blood Gas Analysis; Carbon Dioxide/blood; High-Frequency Ventilation/methods; Intubation, Intratracheal/methods; Near Drowning/*complications; Oxygen/blood; Phospholipids/*therapeutic use; Respiratory Distress Syndrome/*therapy; Suction