Alternative healthcare use in the under-served population.

Objective: To apply the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations to the examination of the correlates of alternative healthcare utilization among Hispanic and African-American adults residing in public housing.

Design: Cross-sectional survey of a community-based sample.

Setting: Urban public housing communities in the county of Los Angeles.

Comparative efficacy of exosurf and survanta surfactants on early clinical course of respiratory distress syndrome and complications of prematurity.

Objectives: To determine the comparative efficacy of Exosurf Neonatal and Survanta surfactants on the early course of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), arterial blood gases, ventilatory support, outcome morbidity rate, and complications of prematurity and RDS.

Study Design: Medical records from 203 premature newborn infants undergoing mechanical ventilation for respiratory distress syndrome, and who received up to four rescue doses of either Exosurf or Survanta, were retrospectively reviewed.

Results: All groups were comparable for birth weight and gestational age.