The Experience of Surfactant Therapy in Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Case Report

CASE REPORT
Igor N. Banin, Andrey V. Budnevsky, Vyacheslav I. Grechkin, Evgeniy S. Ovsyannikov, Roman E. Tokmachev, Oleg D. Neznamov, Inessa A. Savushkina

 
International Journal of Biomedicine. 2021;11(2):177-180.
DOI: 10.21103/Article11(2)_CR1
Originally published June 5, 2021

Abstract: 

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges to finding effective treatment for lung damage. Medical researchers from different countries recognize the deficiency of pulmonary surfactant (PS) as a significant cause of the alveolar collapse, followed by microatelectasis and severe disturbances in the ventilation-perfusion relationship. Due to the pathophysiological rationale, experimental confirmations, and accumulated clinical experience, the PS preparations can be used to treat patients with severe COVID-19. The article provides a description of a case when ST was successfully used in a patient with severe COVID-19 pneumonia.

Keywords: 
COVID-19 • pneumonia • pulmonary surfactant
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