Malnutrition causes a reduction in alveolar epithelial sodium and chloride transport which predisposes to death from lung injury

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 361-363

  Eisenhut, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXUDATE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FLUID; LUNG INJURY; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SWEAT;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHLORIDES; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALNUTRITION; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SODIUM;

EID: 33845312249     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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