Effect of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure after Early Surfactant Therapy in Moderate Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
Eun Ji Kim, Hae Sook Kim, Man Hoe Hur, Sang Geel Lee |
Department of Pediatrics, Fatima Hospital, Taegu, Korea |
중등도 신생아 호흡 곤란 증후군에서 폐 표면 활성제 조기 투여 후 Nasal CPAP의 치료 효과 |
김은지, 김혜숙, 허만회, 이상길 |
대구파티마병원 소아과 |
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Abstract |
Purpose : Early surfactant therapy with either gentle ventilation, high-frequency ventilation or
aggressive weaning of mechanical ventilation are principles for the treatment of respiratory distress
syndrome(RDS). We studied to determine the accessibility of noninvasive nasal continuous
positive airway pressure(CPAP) rather than mechanical ventilation by invasive intubation after
early surfactant therapy.
Methods : The study group consisted of 14 infants who were born and diagnosed with moderate
respiratory distress syndrome and received early surfactant therapy with nasal CPAP of PEEP
5-6 cm H2O within two hours after birth in the Fatima neonatal intensive care unit for two years
from January 1999 to August 2001. The control group consisted of 15 infants who were diagnosed
with the disease and could be weaned from mechanical ventilator within five days after
birth during the same period.
Results : The characteristics, the severity of clinical symptoms and laboratory findings in the
two groups at birth showed no significant difference. Neither did the interim analysis of laboratory
data in two groups. Of 14 infants in the study group who received nasal CPAP after early
surfactant therapy, only two infants showed weaning failure with this therapy. In the response
cases, duration of CPAP was five days and mean airway pressure was 5.4¡¾0.5 cm H2O. Two
had the complication of CPAP with abdominal distension. Final complications and outcomes in the
two groups showed no signifcant difference(P>0.05).
Conclusion : The clinical courses in the two groups showed no significant difference. Therefore,
we suggest that early surfactant therapy with noninvasive nasal CPAP is a simple and safe
method rather than aggressive weaning after invasive mechanical ventilation in moderate respiratory
distress syndrome. |
Key Words:
Moderate respiratory distress syndrome, Early surfactant therapy, Nasal continuous positive airway pressure |
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