Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

Amount

$711,300.00

Award Date

5/30/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

VENTILATOR INDUCED LUNG INJURY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE MORTALITY OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE LUNG INJURY. THESE STUDIES WILL DETERMINE THE MECHANISMS BY WHICH ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES AMPLIFY THE MECHANICAL STRITCH INDUCED PERMEABILITY RESPONSE IN THE ALVEOLAR CAPIL