Journal article
Transalveolar Metabolic Protection to the Lung
Abstract
Radioactive glucose was administered as an aerosol to isolated rabbit lungs in an artificial thorax in order to investigate the capacity of the lung tissue to metabolize substrate supplied via the airway rather than via the circulation. Comparisons were made with radioactive glucose to which insulin had been added, with aerosolized distilled water, and with lungs that were neither ventilated nor perfused. The lung tissue utilized the …
Authors
Hewson JR; Holland AJC; McArdle AH
Journal
JAMA Surgery, Vol. 111, No. 7, pp. 812–815
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
July 1, 1976
DOI
10.1001/archsurg.1976.01360250088018
ISSN
2168-6254