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A 29-week gestation client arrives in the labor and birth suite for an emergency cesarean section. the neonate is born and artificial surfactant is administered. which action best explains the main function and goal of surfactant use

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The answer to this question is that surfactants helps the lungs to remain expanded. The functions of an Artificial Surfactants is to help the patient to increase the ability of the lungs to expand, to prevent the lungs to collapse, and to fix the collapsed airways of a patient.

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