September 11, 200817 yr The very concept of aerozolized sufactant sounds very interesting. I went through this and found it promising. Donn SM, Sinha SK.Aerosolized lucinactant: a potential alternative to intratracheal surfactant replacement therapy. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2008 Feb;9(3):475-8. Review. LINK
September 11, 200817 yr Would be a really interesting option to instillation of surfactant (intubation), further enhancing the possibility to a "gentle" approach based on nasal CPAP.
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