Surfactant therapy restores gas exchange in lung injury due to paraquat intoxication in rats

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 284-287

  So, K L ^a   De Buijzer, E ^a   Gommers, D ^a   Kaisers, U ^b   Van Genderen, P J J ^c   Lachmann, B ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Artificial ventilation; Oxygen radical; Paraquat; Pulmonary; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; SURFACTANT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0031867284     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.12020284     Document Type: Article

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