In vivo determination of surface tension in the horse trachea and in vitro model studies

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-93

  Im Hof, V ^a   Gehr, P ^b   Gerber, V ^b   Lee, M M ^c   Schurch S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mammals, horse; Surfactant, upper airways; Trachea, surface tension; Upper airways, trachea, surface tension

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0030805798     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(97)84032-7     Document Type: Article

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