Acute Lung Injury and Repair Scientific Fundamentals and Methods /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schnapp, Lynn M. (Editor), Feghali-Bostwick, Carol (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press, 2017.
• Series: Respiratory Medicine,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the incidence is predicted to increase with the aging population Several clinical disorders can initiate ARDS, including pneumonia, sepsis, gastric aspiration and trauma but despite intens...

Table of Contents:

• Methods to Study Lung Injury and Repair
• Mouse Models of Acute Lung Injury
• Transgenic Animal Models in Lung Research
• Fundamental Methods for Analysis of Acute Lung Injury in Mice
• Invasive Measurement of Pulmonary Function in Mice
• Analysis of Epithelial Injury and Repair
• Flow Cytometric Evaluation of Acute Lung Injury and Repair
• Lung Imaging in Animal Models
• Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Acute Lung Injury
• MicroRNA Analysis in Acute Lung Injury.