PULMONARY SURFACE TENSION
PULMONARY SURFACE TENSION
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1959.14.5.717
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发表时间:
1959-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
CLEMENTS, JA
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作者:
BROWN, ES;JOHNSON, RP;CLEMENTS, JA
The surface tension of the lung decreases markedly on compression resulting from deflation, as calculated from P-V data, and follows a force-area path very similar to that of several mucus surfaces. With changes in surface area of less than 50%, lung extract and mucus bubble surfaces are mechanically reversible. For decrease in area greater than 50%, surface tension approaches a lower limiting tension of 10-15 d/cm. On re-expansion of the surface, an upper limiting tension of 40-50 d/cm is approached. Hysteresis of considerable magnitude occurs and indicates a major alteration of the surface materials compressed beyond 50%. Estimates of lung surface area based on these considerations accord with histologic estimates.