Description
Book SynopsisThis book represents a comprehensive update on pulmonary surfactant by merging classical knowledge with new information. Topics include surfactant secretion and alveolar processing and recycling; physical bases and different theoretical models of the physiological mechanism for pulmonary surfactant action; recent findings on surfactant-like material in other organs; developmental processes and multifactorial regulation; etiology and physiopathology of neonatal respiratory distress; and modern methods for functional explorations of the lung in neonates and experimental models in animals. The book also contains a discussion on the management of hyaline membrane disease, from both the experimental and clinical points of view.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Pulmonary Surfactant — An Overview, Chapter 2 The Type II Pneumocyte, Chapter 3 Nature, Function, and Biosynthesis of Surfactant Lipids, Chapter 4 Structure, Function, and Regulation of Pulmonary Surfactant Proteins, Chapter 5 The Biology of the Surfactant-Associated Proteins, Chapter 6 Comparative Aspects of Pulmonary Surfactant, Chapter 7 Secretion, Alveolar Processing, and Turnover of Pulmonary Surfactant, Chapter 8 Physiological Mechanisms for the Action of Pulmonary Surfactant, Chapter 9 Role of Surfactant in Other Organs, Chapter 10 Developmental Aspects of the Alveolar Epithelium and the Pulmonary Surfactant System, Chapter 11 Fibroblast Pneumonocyte Factor, Chapter 12 Etiology of Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome and the Assessment of Lung Maturity, Chapter 13 Functional Exploration of the Lung in Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Use of Animal Models for the Study of Respiratory Distress, Chapter 14 Exogenous Surfactant in the Management of Hyaline Membrane Disease, Index
