Journal
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 163, Issue 1-3, Pages 222-231Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2008.05.012
Keywords
Surfactant replacement therapy; Instillation; Pulmonary airways
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- NIH [HL84370, HL85156]
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We describe the mechanisms by which liquids and surfactants can be delivered into the pulmonary airways. These are instilled and transported throughout the lung in clinical therapies such as surfactant replacement therapy, partial liquid ventilation and drug delivery. The success of these treatments is contingent on the liquid distribution and the delivery to targeted regions of the lung. The targeting of a liquid plug can be influenced by a variety of factors such as the physical properties of the liquid, the interfacial activity, the gravitational orientation, instillation method and propagation speed. We provide a review of experimental and theoretical studies that examine these effects in single tubes or channels, in tubes with single bifurcations and in the whole lung. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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