Lung Liquids (eBook)

Ruth Porter is the editor of Lung Liquids, published by Wiley. Maeve O'Connor is the editor of Lung Liquids, published by Wiley.

Lung Liquids 1
Contents 7
Introduction: goals of the meeting 13
Ultrastructural basis for alveolar-capillary permeability to protein 15
Discussion 34
Permeability of pulmonary vascular endothelium 41
Discussion 50
The permeability of lung capillary and alveolar walls as determinants of liquid movements in the lung 61
Discussion 70
Interstitial fluid and transcapillary fluid balance in the lung 77
Discussion 83
Dynamics of subatmospheric pressure in the pulmonary interstitial fluid 89
Discussion 108
Effect of lung inflation on alveolar permeability to solutes 113
Discussion 122
General Discussion I 127
Comparative aspects of salt and water transport across lung epithelium 137
Discussion 140
Transport of ions and water across the epithelium of fish gills 145
Discussion 167
Coupling of water to solute movement in isolated gastric mucosa 173
Discussion 181
Ion transport across amphibian lung 191
Discussion 207
Ion transport and water flow in the mammalian lung 211
Discussion 221
Carbonate dehydratase (carbonic anhydrase) and the fetal lung 233
Discussion 243
Lung carbonate dehydratase (carbonic anhydrase), CO2 stores and CO2 transport 247
Discussion 257
General Discussion II 263
Mechanism of alveolar flooding in acute pulmonary oedema 267
Discussion 275
Intracellular and subcellular oedema and dehydration 285
Discussion 296
General Discussion III 303
Clinical disorders of lung liquid 313
Discussion 317
Closing remarks 331
Index of contributors 335
Subject index 337