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Meconium Aspiration Syndrome

Known as: aspiration meconium syndrome, aspiration meconium, Meconium aspiration NOS 
A serious condition in which a newborn breathes a mixture of meconium (the first intestinal discharge) and amniotic fluid into the lungs around the… 
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Therapeutic lung lavage in the piglet model of meconium aspiration syndrome.
Therapeutic lung lavage is an emerging treatment for meconium aspiration syndrome. Our objective was to investigate the type of… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Surfactant for meconium aspiration syndrome in full term infants.
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of surfactant administration in the treatment of term infants with meconium aspiration syndrome… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Bronchoalveolar Lavage with KL4-Surfactant in Models of Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
As a model of the meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) of human infants, adult rabbits and newborn rhesus monkeys received… 
1996
1996
Treatment of severe meconium aspiration syndrome with porcine surfactant
AbstractThis study is based on clinical data from a retrospective series of 54 infants with meconium aspiration syndrome treated… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Accuracy of combined computerized tomography and fine needle aspiration cytology in lymph node staging of localized prostatic carcinoma.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Surfactant Lavage in a Piglet Model of Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
ABSTRACTS: Meconium aspiration continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in newborn infants and is one of the most… 
1992
1992
Management of a piglet model of the meconium aspiration syndrome with high-frequency or conventional ventilation.
OBJECTIVE To assess the usefulness of three methods of high-frequency ventilation in the early management of a piglet model of… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Management of prolonged pregnancy: induction of labor versus antepartum fetal testing.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Significance of meconium during labor.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Assisted ventilation in infants with meconium aspiration syndrome.
In a retrospective analysis of infants born with meconium staining over an 18-month period at Cook County Hospital, 32 infants… 
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