<unk>  is the medical administration of exogenous<unk> .<unk> s used in this manner are typically instilled directly into the trachea. When a baby comes out of the womb and the lungs are not developed yet, they require administration of<unk>  in order to process oxygen and survive. This condition that the baby has is called newborn respiratory distress syndrome, and it is treatable.<unk>  coat the smallest parts of the lungs called the alveoli and helps for oxygen to go in and for carbon dioxide to go out. How<unk>  does this is by not allowing the alveoli to collapse and to retain their inflated shape when the baby exhales. In premature babies the type II pneumocytes, special lung cells that make<unk> , are not working yet. This means that the baby needs to get<unk>  until that baby can make the<unk>  on his own. In addition, the baby will need to be monitored and checked regularly as well as intubated or put on CPAP so that he can breathe. This means that until he is able to make<unk>  and breathe on his own, he needs to be watched carefully by doctors and nurses.
Surfactant therapy
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
High-frequency ventilation
Mechanical ventilation
Antenatal steroid
Portacaval shunt
Artificial ventilation
Bubble CPAP