FDA has not yet classified the drug into a specified pregnancy category.
Mode of Action
Natural bovine pulmonary surfactant; replaces deficient endogenous lung surfactant in neonates with respiratory distress syndrome.
Surfactant prevents the alveoli from collapsing during expiration by lowering surface tension between alveolar surfaces and air.
Interaction
N/A
Pregnancy Category Note
N/A
Adult Dose
N/A
Child Dose
Prevention in premature infant <1250 g birthwt or w/ evidence of surfactant deficiency
Preferably w/in 15 mins of birth.
Rescue Preferably by 8 hr of age.
4 mL/kg birth wt(100 mg of phospholipids/kg birth wt) intratracheally up to 4 doses in 1st 48 hr.
Doses should not be given more frequently than 6 hrly. To be administered as soon as possible.
Renal Dose
N/A
Administration
N/A
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