Table 3 Emerging approaches to surfactant administration
Emerging approaches | Advantages | Disadvantages | |
|---|---|---|---|
MIST | Nasopharyngeal instillation | Painless | Not well evaluated |
Loss of surfactant | |||
Laryngeal mask | Supraglottic device | Painful | |
Feeding catheter | Endotracheal administration Under nasal CPAP | Magill forceps | |
Laryngoscopy | |||
Painful and traumatic? | |||
Vascular catheter | Endotracheal administration | Laryngoscopy | |
Under nasal CPAP | Painful and traumatic | ||
Easy to use (rigid catheter) | Â | ||
NIST | Aerosolization | Painless | Technically challenging |