Surfactant displacement by meconium free fatty acids: An alternative explanation for atelectasis in meconium aspiration syndrome

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 765-770

  Clark, David A ^a,b   Nieman, Gary F ^a,b   Thompson, Jeffrey E ^a,b   Paskanik, Andrew M ^a,b   Rokhar, John E ^a,b   Bredenberg, Carl E ^a,b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; SURFACTANT;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ASPIRATION; ATELECTASIS; DOG; ETIOLOGY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MECONIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ATELECTASIS; DOGS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MECONIUM; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0023187110     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(87)80021-5     Document Type: Article

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