Background—High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is characterized by severe pulmonary
hypertension and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid changes indicative of inflammation. It is not …

Improvement in the ability to determine the specific cause of any given case of pulmonary
edema would lead to more rapid and definitive treatment." Wedge" pressures and …

In 1857 Claude Bernard'introduced curare into the airways of a dog and discovered that the
drug pro-duced muscular paralysis. He also concluded that the walls of the bronchi were far …

It has been shown that the chest roentgenogram is a sensitive and accurate pool for
detecting and quantitating cardiogenic pulmonary edema, This can be done at the interstitial …

Small amounts of plasma protein normally reach the alveolar epithelial surface by a size-
selective process that restricts the passage of very large molecules. Size selectivity may be …

Study objective To quantify simultaneously the pulmonary and gastrointestinal (GI) damage
that occurs during uncomplicated surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), and to …

A simple, linear kinetic model has been developed for the noninvasive assessment of
capillary permeability to macromolecules in the rat by dynamic magnetic resonance imaging …

The effects of varying the molecular weight of gadolinium‐DTPA (
diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid)—polylysine, a macromolecular magnetic resonance …

The adult respiratory distress syndrome is pulmonary edema with low left heart pressures
and hypoxemia. Based on experimental models of the human disease, it is likely that …

We quantified pulmonary vascular permeability with positron emission tomography (PET)
and gallium-68-(^ Ga) labeled transferrin. Six dogs with oleic acid-induced lung injury …