Table 3.
Short-term therapeutic effects after surfactant application
| Therapy / days / cost | Applied surfactant | n | Mean (SD) |
| Oxygen therapy duration | Yes | 19 | 17.84 (16.344) |
| No | 74 | 6.97 (8.168) | |
| Duration of artificial lung ventilation (ALV) | Yes | 37 | 5.43 (11.430) |
| No | 130 | .55 (1.633) | |
| Number of days of stay in an incubator | Yes | 0 | |
| No | 4 | 7.50 (1.732) | |
| Number of antibiotics types | Yes | 21 | 3.86 (1.621) |
| No | 66 | 2.15 (1.026) | |
| Cost of the clinical pathway per baby in Euro | Yes | 37 | 1643 / 2835 (2341.378) |
| No | 124 | 160 /1590 |