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Respiratory emergencies and supplementary surfactant in the treatment of severe RDS in leukaemic adolescents

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Acute respiratory insufficiency in leukaemic adolescents and in adolescents subjected to bone marrow transplant is generally attributed to infective processes developing in the agranulocytosis state [1–3]. The most typical pulmonary situations in these cases of respiratory insufficiency are interstitial pneumonia and pulmonary infiltrates of various origins, which appear with the maximum immunodepression and/or when the systemic disease is in the stage of greater invasiveness. The onset of a respiratory pathology has an extremely negative effect on the evolution and prognosis of these patients.

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  1. Giuseppe Marraro
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  1. Second Institute of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

    E. V. Cosmi

  2. Institute of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of Perugia, Policlinico Monteluce, Perugia, Italy

    G. C. Di Renzo

  3. Second Institute of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

    M. M. Anceschi

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Marraro, G. (1991). Respiratory emergencies and supplementary surfactant in the treatment of severe RDS in leukaemic adolescents. In: Cosmi, E.V., Di Renzo, G.C., Anceschi, M.M. (eds) The Surfactant System of the Lung. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12553-1_32

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