In nine subjects undergoing oesophagectomy a transient but significant increase in
pulmonary vascular permeability to transferrin was detected in both lungs 8 h after surgery. It …

Pulmonary microvascular and alveolar epithelial permeability were evaluated in vivo by
scintigraphic imaging during lung distension. A zone of alveolar flooding was made by …

We conducted indicator ditution studies on the lungs of patients in the early phases of adult
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) to test the hypothesis that capillary permeability was …

Thirteen patients with renal failure and pulmonary oedema were assessed for evidence of
increased pulmonary vascular permeability to protein by a double isotope technique …

Several groups of investigators are measuring transcapillary protein flux in the lung using
noninvasive methods. Results from these studies are reported using several different protein …

Modified Euro-Collins (EC) solution, a crystalloid intracellular-type solution, has been
commonly used for pulmonary preservation. Several experimental studies have shown the …

1. The accumulation in the lung of the plasma protein transferrin was determined in 44
patients with widespread pulmonary infiltrates of various causes and in 11 healthy …

A commercially available system of caesium iodide crystal mini-detectors (Oakfield
Instruments, Oxon, UK) was modified so that it was suitable for dual isotopic measurement of …

The pathophysiological mechanism of pulmonary oedema following rapid re-expansion of a
collapsed lung is poorly understood. It has been suggested that the period of collapse or …

Conclusion Three isotopic methods of estimating alveolar-capillary membrane permeability
have been described. The first, radiolabelled HSA, is crude, and appears to have no clinical …