Nutrition and lung water

Starker, P.M.; Gump, F.E.

Clinics in Chest Medicine 7(1): 127-130

1986


ISSN/ISBN: 0272-5231
PMID: 3633774
Document Number: 283935
Lung water homeostasis and the subsequent prevention of pulmonary edema involve a balance of many forces and safety factors. Malnutrition and its effects on fluid distribution within body compartments and on oncotic pressure gradients can play a crucial role in this balance of forces. These forces are discussed, with emphasis on the complications of superimposed malnutrition.

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