Prophylactic surfactant supplementation does not fully protect against the harmful effect of large lung inflations during a short sensitive period immediately after birth.
Lung recruitment at birth does not improve the response to surfactant in immature lambs, but may instead have an adverse effect on lung function and morphology.
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