Lack of correlation of severity of lung disease with the phosphatidylcholine concentration in fetal lung fluid from premature lambs at 133-136 days gestational age.
Jobe A, Jacobs H, Ikegami M. Lack of correlation of severity of lung disease with the phosphatidylcholine concentration in fetal lung fluid from premature lambs at 133-136 days gestational age. Journal Of Developmental Physiology 1984, 6: 417-21. PMID: 6568247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal lung fluidPeak inspiratory pressureDays gestational ageLung diseaseLung fluidPremature lambsGestational ageInspiratory pressureConcentration of phosphatidylcholinePhosphatidylcholine concentrationNarrow gestational age rangePhosphatidylcholine pool sizesGestational age rangeTime of deliveryLung compliance valuesMechanical ventilationAlveolar washTotal phosphatidylcholineDiseaseAge rangeSeverityLack of correlationAgeLambsCompliance values