Lung Surfactants: Basic Science and Clinical Applications

✍ Scribed by Robert H. Notter

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 469
• Series: Lung Biology in Health and Disease
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Integrating basic and clinical research on the biophysical and physiological functions of pulmonary surfactants, this practical reference presents thorough, cutting-edge coverage on surfactant-related lung disease. Manage neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and acute lung injury more effectively!

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction • Claude Lenfant
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Introduction to Surface Tension and Surfactants
3. Phospholipids: Introduction Structure and Biophysics
4. Physicochemical Methods for Studying Lung Surfactants
5. Lung Surfactant Materials, Research Complexities, and Interdisciplinary Correlations
6. Discovery of Endogenous Lung Surfactant and Overview of Metabolism and Actions
7. Analyses of Surfactant Activity and Its Contribution to Lung Mechanisms and Stability
8, Functional Compositin and Component Biophysics of Endogenous Lung Surfactant
9. Lung Surfactant Dysfunction
10. Diseases of Lung Surfactant Deficiency or Dysfunction
11. Lung Surfactant Replacement in Animal Models
12. Clinical Surfactant Replacement Therapy for Neonatal RDS
13. Surfactant and Combined-Modality Therapies for Clinical ARDS and Acute Lung Injury
14. Exogenous Lung Surfactants: Current and Future
Glossary of Common Terms and Abbreviations
References
Index