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. 2024 Mar;24(1):220–227. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v24i1.27

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