Changes in Lung Capillary Permeability in Renal Failure

Excess fluid in the lung can be quantified in chronic dialysis patients by using the double indicator dilution technique. The lung capillaries show an increased permeability to sodium when these patents develop pulmonary oedema.

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Published in:BMJ 1972-11, Vol.4 (5837), p.388-390
Main Authors: Crosbie, W. A., Snowden, S., Parsons, V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Albumins
Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease - physiopathology
Capillaries
Capillary Permeability
Chronic Disease
Diabetic Nephropathies - physiopathology
Dialysis
Edema
Fluid permeability
Glomerulonephritis - physiopathology
Humans
Kidney failure
Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications
Kidney Failure, Chronic - physiopathology
Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy
Lung - blood supply
Lungs
Papers and Originals
Pulmonary alveoli
Pulmonary edema
Pulmonary Edema - etiology
Radioisotope Dilution Technique
Renal Dialysis
Serum Albumin, Radio-Iodinated
Sodium
Sodium - metabolism
Sodium Isotopes
Tritium
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Summary:Excess fluid in the lung can be quantified in chronic dialysis patients by using the double indicator dilution technique. The lung capillaries show an increased permeability to sodium when these patents develop pulmonary oedema.
ISSN:0007-1447
0959-8138
1468-5833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.4.5837.388