Surfactant treatment guided by rapid tests for surfactant deficiency vs surfactant therapy provided to preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome diagnosed on clinical and radiologic criteria
Mortality before hospital discharge · preterm infants at risk of respiratory distress syndrome
It is very uncertain whether surfactant treatment guided by rapid tests for surfactant deficiency changes mortality prior to hospital discharge№ of participants: 562 (3 RCTs) compared with surfactant therapy provided to preterm infants with respiratory… (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Surfactant therapy guided by tests for lung maturity in preterm infants at risk of respiratory distress syndrome 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 1.25 [0.65, 2.41]Studies not reportedVery low