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Premature baby surfactant treatment cuts costs and deaths
A study shows artificial surfactant for respiratory distress in premature babies reduces mortality and saves about 90 million dollars annually. Among 5629 underweight infants treated across 14 hospitals, death risk dropped sharply after the 1989 to 1990 surfactant rollout, with most U.S. infant death decline attributed to this therapy.
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Boston
Rachael Schwartz
Exosurf
Burroughs Wellcome Co
Survanta
Ross Labora
National Center For Health Statistics
Schwartz
National
Institutes of Health
New England Journal of Medicine