Date	Event	Description
30 November 2014	New citation required but conclusions have not changed	No new studies were identified for inclusion. Three new studies were identified but excluded (Dargaville 2011; Gadzinowski 2008; Lin 2014). Conclusions not changed.
30 June 2013	New search has been performed	This review updates the existing review Surfactant for meconium aspiration syndrome in term and late preterm infants (El Shahed 2007).
30 June 2011	New search has been performed	This review updates the existing review "Surfactant for meconium aspiration syndrome in term and late preterm infants" published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews El Shahed 2007. One excluded study was added Dargaville 2011. No changes to conclusions.
27 February 2008	Amended	Converted to new review format.
16 May 2007	New citation required and conclusions have changed	Substantive amendment
16 May 2007	New search has been performed	This is an update of the review "Surfactant for meconium aspiration syndrome in full term infants" published in The Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2002 (Soll 2002). The authorship of this review has been changed to: El Shahed AI, Dargaville P, Ohlsson A, Soll RF. Since this review was first published, two additional trials were identified. The increase in sample size has allowed for greater precision for some of the treatment effects. Surfactant treatment does not appear to have an effect on mortality, but does reduce the need for treatment with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Surfactant treatment may reduce respiratory related outcomes and hospital stay in term/near‐term infants with meconium aspiration syndrome.