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Table 1 International guidelines for RDS treatment

From: Exogenous surfactant therapy in 2013: what is next? who, when and how should we treat newborn infants in the future?

Country (ref)

Year

Gestational age

Prophylactic use of surfactant

UK (72)

1999

< 29 weeks

Systematic

< 32 weeks

If need for intubation at birth

Canada (74)

2005

< 26 weeks

Systematic

26-27 weeks

If no antenatal steroids

US (73)

2008

< 28 weeks

Systematic

Europe (75–76)

2010-2013

< 26 weeks

Systematic