Sunday 15 August 2021

Breathe Free

 

Weibel Model Of Airways 




Pressures In Lung During Inspiration/Expiration 






Gas Exchange at the Alveolus 


Alveolar Cells



Pulmonary Surfactant 




Surfactant in Lung decreases Surface Tension 








Surfactant Reduces Surface Tension Preventing Collapsse Of Alveoli 








Without Surfactant = Increased Surface Tension 

Increased Surface Tension = Alveolar Collapse 














Collapse Of Alveoli = Exchange Of Gases Become Difficult 





Surfactant Dysfunction = Increased Inflammation/Host defense Impaired 







Current Events 

COVID 19 reduces Surafctant 









Surfactant Therapeutics 







Snapshot 

















































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