Journal
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 187, Issue 1, Pages 58-63Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.02.030
Keywords
Pulmonary surfactant; Meconium aspiration syndrome; Surfactant dysfunction
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- Center of Excellency in Perinatology Research, CEPV II
- EU
- VEGA [1/0057/11, 1/0416/12]
- [APVV-435-11]
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Surfactant dysfunction in meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is caused by meconium components, by plasma proteins leaking through the injured alveolocapillary membrane and by substances originated in meconium-induced inflammation. Surfactant inactivation in MAS may be diminished by several ways. Firstly, aspirated meconium should be removed from the lungs to decrease concentrations of meconium inhibitors coming into the contact with surfactant in the alveolar compartment. Once the endogenous surfactant becomes inactivated, components of surfactant should be substituted by exogenous surfactant at a sufficient dose, and surfactant administration should be repeated, if oxygenation remains compromised. To delay the inactivation by inhibitors, exogenous surfactants may be enriched with surfactant proteins, phospholipids, or other substances such as polymers. Finally, to diminish an adverse action of products of meconium-induced inflammation on both endogenous and exogenously delivered surfactant, anti-inflammatory drugs may be administered. A combined therapeutic approach may result in better outcome in patients with MAS and in lower costs of treatment. (c) 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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