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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright Page
- Introduction
- Preface
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Table of Contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Introduction to Surface Tension and Surfactants
- 3: Phospholipids: Introduction to Structure and Biophysics
- 4: Physicochemical Methods for Studying Lung Surfactants
- 5: Lung Surfactant Materials, Research Complexities, and Interdisciplinary Correlations
- 6: Discovery of Endogenous Lung Surfactant and Overview of Its Metabolism and Actions
- 7: Analyses of Surfactant Activity and Its Contribution to Lung Mechanics and Stability
- 8: Functional Composition and Component Biophysics of Endogenous Lung Surfactant
- 9: Lung Surfactant Dysfunction
- 10: Diseases of Lung Surfactant Deficiency or Dysfunction
- 11: Lung Surfactant Replacement in Animal Models
- 12: Clinical Surfactant Replacement Therapy for Neonatal RDS
- 13: Surfactant and Combined-Modality Therapies Clinical ARDS and Acute Lung Injury
- 14: Exogenous Lung Surfactants: Current and Future
- Glossary of Common Terms and Abbreviations
- References
- Index