%0 Journal Article %T Surfactant Protein B Expression in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid of Full-Term Neonates with Respiratory Distress Syndrome %A Chai %A Yannan %A Fan %A Hanxiao %A Feng %A Zhichun %A Han %A Xiao %A Xie %A Lu %A Yin %A Xiaojuan %J - %D 2014 %X Sa£¿etak The aim was to investigate the surfactant protein B (SP-B) expression in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF ) of full-term neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (RD S). The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was performed to assess SP-B expression in BALF of 60 full-term neonates with RD S and 23 healthy neonates and correlation of SP-B level with RD S classification according to chest x-ray findings and PaO2/FiO2 before mechanical ventilation in neonates with RD S. The SP-B level was significantly lower in the RD S group (17.63¡À6.80 ng/mL) than in healthy neonates (103.95¡À6.38 ng/mL) (P<0.001). The SP-B level correlated positively with PaO2/ FiO2 before mechanical ventilation (r=0.838, P<0.001). Moreover, the lower the SP-B level, the more severe was the RD S as determined by chest x-ray (P<0.001). In conclusion, full-term neonates with RD S had reduced SP-B in BALF , which was related to the severity of RD S, suggesting that SP-B supplement may be an effective strategy in the treatment of RD S in full-term neonates %K Respiratory distress syndrome %K newborn %K Pulmonary surfactant-associated protein B %K Pulmonary surfactants %U https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=188425