Lung Surfactants (lower resp tract)

Question 1

Medications

Answer 1

"-actant"
beractant
calfactant
lucinactant
poractant

Question 2

Action

Answer 2

replaces surfactant that is missing in lungs of neonates with RDS

begins to act immediately on installation into trachea

Question 3

Indications

Answer 3

rescue treatment of infants who have developed RDS (missing surfactant)

experimental: ARDS, infectious & inflammatory lung diseases

Question 4

Adverse Effects

Answer 4

unknown; may or may not be related to drug:
patent ductus arteriosus
hypotension
intravntricular hemorrhage
pneumothorax
pulmonary air leak
sepsis
hyperbilirubinemia