Patent ID: 8905979

Claim:
A method for treating a respiratory distress syndrome in a spontaneously breathing pre-term infant in need of such treatment, said method comprising the steps of: a) applying nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (nCPAP) with a nasal device to said infant at a pressure of from 1 to 12 cm water; b) introducing a tube selected from the group consisting of gastric tubes, nasogastric tubes, and catheters having a outer diameter of 5 Fr into the trachea of said infant; c) administering a formulation of a pulmonary surfactant suspended in a vehicle consisting of a buffered physiological aqueous saline solution through said tube by a syringe over a period of from 1 to 5 minutes and d) removing said tube wherein the surfactant is administered at a dose of 100-200 mg per kg body weight and the suspension thereof has a viscosity between 5 and 15 mPas; and wherein the tube has a marked scale to allow the correct length of introduction into the trachea.