🟢 HOT TOPICS 2025 COVERAGE - Should Late Preterm Infants Receive Early Surfactant ?
The Incubator Channel · 9 Dec 2025 · 11 min
Summary
Professor Elaine Boyle presents the SURFON trial, comparing early surfactant with expectant management in late preterm and early term infants (34-38 weeks) with respiratory distress, recorded at Hot Topics 2025. She covers the trial design, primary and secondary outcomes including a borderline pneumothorax signal, and why a watch-and-wait approach remains reasonable for this group.
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