Comprehensive Nursing Pharmacology Q 252

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A nurse is preparing to give a lung surfactant to a 36 weeks old baby with respiratory distress syndrome. Which of the following is the correct route of administration?

  

     A. Intradermal

     B. Intratracheal

     C. Intramuscular

     D. Intravenous

    

    

Correct Answer: B. Intratracheal

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Lung surfactant is instilled through the catheter inserted into the newborn’s endotracheal tube.

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Options A, C, & D: These are not the routes of administration for this medication.

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