Interferon in the treatment of ill adults with Covid-19 in the Republic of Guinea.

Background: Effective and safe antiviral treatments are required to refrain the COVID-19.

Objectives: Investigate the efficacy and safety of interferon in the treatment of COVID-19.

Methods: The inclusion criteria were patients who gave their signed consent, with detection confirmed by RT-PCR of SARS-CoV-2, 18 years and older.

Exogenous surfactant and alveolar recruitment in the treatment of the acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Objective: To investigate the effect of alveolar recruitment combined with surfactant administration on children with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

Material And Methods: A prospective, randomized, controlled and sequential study was carried out. Group A (16 children) was treated with both the alveolar recruitment manoeuvres (ARM) and the administration of the surfactant every 8 h for 3 days; group B (15) received the usual treatment only.