What is the Role of Pulmonary Surfactant in Neonates?

Surfactant is a substance that reduces the surface tension at the interfaces of two liquids, between a gas and a liquid or between a liquid and a solid. Detergents, soaps, paints, adhesives, motor oils, etc are all examples of commonly used surfactants in daily life. Now, another such lesser talked about surfactant is the one…