Surfactant therapy in acute respiratory distress syndrome due to hydrocarbon aspiration
Horoz, O.O.; Yildizdas, D.; Yilmaz, H.L.
Singapore Medical Journal 50(4): E130-E132
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675 PMID: 19421666 Document Number: 629067
Hydrocarbon aspiration causes acute lung injury, which may lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome. Surfactant has been shown to be beneficial in experimentally-induced hydrocarbon-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome. However, there has not been a clinical study evaluating the effect of surfactant application on hydrocarbon aspiration in humans. We report a 17-month-old boy with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to hydrocarbon aspiration and was successfully treated with surfactant application.