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[0] A premature infant with respiratory distress syndrome receives artificial surfactant. How would the nurse explain surfactant therapy to the parents? [1] >>""Surfactant improves the ability of your baby's lungs to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide."" [2] The drug keeps your baby from requiring too much sedation. [3] Surfactant is used to reduce episodes of periodic apnea. [4] 
Your baby needs this medication to fight a possible respiratory tract infection.
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