The Use of Exogenous Lung Surfactant (Poractant Alfa) in Acute Respiratory Failure by Drowning

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics and instilled dose.

Patient	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Gender	Male	Male	Female	Male	Male	Male	Male	Female	Female
Age (yrs)	78	76	6	78	9	18	76	45	10
Height (cm)	170	172	115	173	125	180	182	150	135
Weight (kg)	82	78	21	84	30	70	85	65	38
Ideal body weight	65.9	67.7	23.5	68.7	31.1	75	76.8	47.3	37.5
Instilled dose of surfactant (mg/kg)	21.9	21.3	22.5	20.9	23.7	20.2	18.75	25.36	22.5
Concurrent lesions	None	Head trauma fracture of the skull by a motorboat propeller	None	None	None	Blunt head and cervical spine trauma by a dive	None	None	None