Nature

High-frequency nasal ventilation for 21 d maintains gas exchange with lower respiratory pressures and promotes alveolarization in preterm lambs

Short-term high-frequency nasal ventilation (HFNV) of preterm neonates provides acceptable gas exchange compared to endotracheal intubation and intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV). Whether ...
Business Wire

MediPines Announces National Distribution for AGM100 Pulmonary Gas Exchange Technology

YORBA LINDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orange County, California based MediPines Corporation, a global market leader in the development of gas exchange monitoring technology, has announced full ...
Nature

Effective Gas Exchange in Paralyzed Juvenile Rabbits Using Simple, Inexpensive Respiratory Support Devices

Infant mortality caused by respiratory distress syndrome in the United States decreased from ∼268 in 100,000 live births in 1971 to 98 in 100,000 live births in 1985 (1) and 17 in 100,000 live births ...
JSTOR Daily

The Anatomy, Physics, and Physiology of Gas Exchange Surfaces: Is There a Universal Function for Pulmonary Surfactant in Animal Respiratory Structures?

We explore the physical and structural challenges that face gas exchange surfaces in vertebrates and insects, by focusing on the role of the surfactant system. Pulmonary surfactant is a complex ...
BBC

The human gas exchange system

Aerobic respiration needs oxygen, and it produces carbon dioxide as a waste product. The human respiratory system contains the organs that allow us to get the oxygen we need and to remove the waste ...
JSTOR Daily

Air Breathing by the Purple Shore Crab, Hemigrapsus nudus (Dana). I. Morphology, Behaviour, and Respiratory Gas Exchange

The morphometrics of the respiratory system, voluntary emersion behaviour, and gas exchange during immersion and emersion were examined in the amphibious, intertidal crab Hemigrapsus nudus. The area ...