RT Book, Section
A1 Lechner, Andrew J.
A1 Mayo, Mary M.
A2 Lechner, Andrew J.
A2 Matuschak, George M.
A2 Brink, David S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1120130862
T1 Surfactant Biology and Lung Compliance
T2 Respiratory: An Integrated Approach to Disease
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071635011
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1120130862
RD 2024/04/20
AB Learning  ObjectivesThe  student  will  be  able  to  define  static  lung  compliance  as  determined  using  excised  lungs  inflated  by  negative  pressure.The  student  will  be  able  to  distinguish  between  tissue  elastic  recoil  forces  and  surface  tension  recoil  forces,  and  interpret  hysteresis  curves  obtained  during  lung  inflations  with  air,  saline,  or  with  air  after  saline  lavage.The  student  will  be  able  to  summarize  the  origin,  cellular  location,  and  primary  constituents  of  pulmonary  surfactant.The  student  will  be  able  to  describe  the  major  laboratory  methods  for  analyzing  amniotic  fluid  for  pulmonary  surfactant,  including  cutoff  values  for  the  foam  stability  index,  the  fluorescent  polarization  assay,  and  the  lecithin/sphingomyelin  ratio.