早产儿呼吸支持药物应用的几个里程碑

Milestone of drug therapy in preterm infants as means of respiratory support

随着极低或超低出生体重儿存活率的增加,呼吸衰竭已成为新生儿重症监护病房的重要问题。早产儿呼吸支持的手段和水平有了很大的提高。在各种呼吸支持措施中,药物治疗起着重要的作用。该文介绍了药物治疗促进早产儿现代呼吸支持的简要历史和主要贡献。

With the increasing number of survival of very low or extremely low birth weight infants, respiratory insufficiency has been a significant problem in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. There have been greatly improved in the means of respiratory support for those infants. Among the means of respiratory support, drug therapy has been playing an important role. The paper introduces brief history and major contributions of drug therapy in facilitating modern respiratory support for preterm infants.