Pulmonary Surfactant Biochemical, Functional, Regulatory, and Clinical Concepts

This 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.Bourbon, Jacques R. is the author of 'Pulmonary Surfactant Biochemical, Functional, Regulatory, and Clinical Concepts' with ISBN 9780849369247 and ISBN 084936924X.