| Details | | Publication Date: | 1995-08-01 | | Series: | Lung Biology in Health and Disease | | Editor: | H. William Taeusch |
| Size | | Length: | 686 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 44.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
This invaluable guide provides a complete, up-to-date examination of surfactant replacement in the clinical management of respiratory failure.
Industry Reviews Following a section that deals with basic surfactant biophysics, physiology, and biochemistry -- background necessary for proper understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms interfering with surfactant function in various forms of lung disease -- the major part of this guide addresses clinical problems related to surfactant deficiency in immature babies and surfactant inactivation in various forms of inflammatory lung disease, and to the use of exogenous surfactant to compensate for these defects. Controlled clinical trials of surfactant replacement are reviewed, and chapters are devoted to techniques for administering surfactant, and to the combination of prenatal hormone and postnatal surfactant treatment for prevention of the respiratory distress syndrome. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. Solberg
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