Among ventilated children, the incidence of acute lung injury (ALI) was 9%; of that latter
group 80% developed the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The population …

Lung surfactant (LS) is a mixture of lipids and proteins that line the alveolar air–liquid
interface, lowering the interfacial tension to levels that make breathing possible. In acute …

BACKGROUND: Injured lungs due to gastric acid aspiration may be rejected for
transplantation because of the possibility of early graft dysfunction. We hypothesized that …

An improvement in oxygenation for patients who have acute respiratory failure using PEEP
was described close to 40 years ago. Since then, a considerable amount of research has …

Objective. To assess the evidence that treatment with corticosteroids improves the outcome
in those exposed to lung-damaging agents. Methods. We searched Pubmed, Toxnet …

Charged, surface-active serum proteins can severely reduce or eliminate the adsorption of
lung surfactant from the subphase to the alveolar air− liquid interface via a kinetically …

Postperfusion lung syndrome is rare but can be lethal. The underlying mechanism remains
uncertain but triggering inflammatory cascades have become an accepted etiology. A better …

Pulmonary surfactant exhibits phase coexistence over a wide range of surface pressure and
temperature. Less is known about the effect of temperature on pulmonary surfactant models …

Albumin competes with lung surfactant for the air–water interface, resulting in decreased
surfactant adsorption and increased surface tension. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) and other …

The use of lungs from donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors is one of the strategies to
increase the donor pool. The aim of this study was to assess the surfactant alterations in …