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How do I know if my toddler has fluid in lungs? 

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The observation that fetal lungs may be hyperplastic has a bearing on the known relationship between fetal lung growth and retention of lung fluid.
These results suggest that fluid volumes used for CAPD do not interfere with breathing in patients with previously normal lungs.
Mechanical ventilation and fluid load may cause additive injuries in healthy lungs, mainly in ventral regions.
(2) Under normoxic conditions around 18% of swallowed fluid is derived from the fetal lungs.
This method of directly sampling interstitial fluid from the lungs of dogs without thoracotomy confirms the high COP of fluid from the lung interstitium.
This suggests that glucose kinetics or access to uptake sites differ in air- and fluid-filled lungs.
We conclude that the changes in cell content of the lavage fluid do not reflect the extent or severity of the inflammatory disease and lung destruction present in the lungs of this group of patients.
As such, the behaviors observed in lungs would appear to be attributable in large part to fluid dynamic factors in central airways.
This study demonstrated the impact of fluid resuscitation on contused lungs.