Pulmonary Surfactant Flashcards
When was Surfactant discovered?
1920’s
When was the Significance of Surfactant discovered?
End of the 1950’s (surfactant deficiency RDS)
What is surfactant?
A surface-active lipoprotein complex formed by Type II Alveolar cells
Surfactant lines the _______ and the smallest __________.
Alveoli
Bronchioles
Surfactant is produced during the _________ ____ stage of lung development (17-26 wks)
Terminal sac stage
Term infants have a storage pool of approximately _____ mg/kg of surfactant.
Pretermers have ___-___ at birth.
100 mg/kg
4-5 mg/kg
Alveolar surfactant can be both broken down by __________ and/or reabsorbed into the __________ structures of the Type II cells
Marcrophages
Lamellar
Up to ___% surfactant is recycled from the Alveolar space in the NB
90%
What 3 factors negatively effect Surfactant quality & production
- Hyperinsulinism
- Acidosis
- MAS (chemical pneumonitis is the probable culprit)
What are the 5 functions of surfactant?
- Increases Pulmonary compliance
- Reduces surface tension
- Facilitates recruitment of collapsed airways
- Protection of the pulmonary epithelium
- Prevents Atelectasis at the end of expiration
What is compliance?
The ability of the lungs & thorax to expand
What is water surface tension?
What is lung surface tension?
70 Dynes/cm
25 Dynes/cm
*but at end of expiration, compressed surfactant phospholipid molecules decrease surface tension very low (near 0)
Surfactant allows lungs to inflate more _______ and _______ WOB
easily
Decreases
Studies of exogenous surfactant administration–>______increase oxygenation and rapid decrease in degree of _________ _____ support required.
Also increased _____ & followed by slower & variable _______ in lung compliance. Also ______in V/Q mismatch.
rapid
mechanical vent
FRC
Increase
Decrease
As the _______ increase in size, the ________ becomes distributed.
This also helps all _______ expand at the same rate.
Alveoli
surfactant
Alveoli
Keeping airways _____ is very important.
dry
By reducing surface tension with Surfactant, the fluid from ________ is not drawn into the alveolar spaces.
What happens without Surfactant?
This keeps the airways ____
capillaries
Surface tension forces draw fluid from the capillaries to the Alveolar spaces
Dry