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. The alveolar recruitment was carried out by increasing positive end-expiratory pressure 2 by 2 cm H O to improve the transcutaneous oxygen saturation values up to 88% and 90%. Demographic data, gasometric and ventilator parameters, chest radiography and 28-day mortality were evaluated.

Results: There were no significant differences in baseline characteristics between groups. An hour after treatment, significant differences (P < 0.001) were observed in transcutaneous oxygen saturation (SaO ; Group A: 94.1%, Group B: 89.9%), PaO /FiO (212.7 and 126.4) and oxygenation index (OI; 11.4 and 18.5). After 8 h, the differences in SaO (Group A: 94.6%, Group B: 90.3%), PaO /FiO (225.8 and 126.9) and OI (10.8 and 18.4) were also significant (P < 0.001). From the fifth dose of the surfactant, the static compliance (P = 0.0034) and radiological images (P = 0.002) were more greatly improved in group A than in group B. Survival was significantly higher in group A (81.3%) than in group B (26.7%) (P = 0.006).

Conclusions: The combined treatment of surfactant administration and ARM resulted in a better oxygenation and survival in children with ARDS than when only recruitment was used.

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