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  1. Cheong KB, Cheong SK, Boo NY
    Malays J Pathol, 1996 Dec;18(2):101-5.
    PMID: 10879230
    This study aimed to determine the role of surfactant protein A (SP-A) in the formation of stable microbubble in tracheal aspirates. Our results showed that as the concentration of anti SP-A antibodies added to tracheal aspirate specimens increased, the number of stable microbubble formed in the specimen decreased. The correlation between stable microbubble counts and the SP-A levels in the tracheal aspirates was good, r = 0.85, p < 0.05. This study suggests that SP-A plays an important role in stable microbubble formation. Measurement of small stable microbubbles is thus a useful bedside test for predicting the SP-A activity in the tracheal aspirates and in indirect measurement of lung maturity.
    Matched MeSH terms: Pulmonary Surfactants/metabolism*
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