“…The lung damage that develops during hyperoxia consists of lung tissue and alveolar edema (2,3,8,14,15,34), surfactant dysfunction (10,11,13,14,21), lung inflammation (2-5, 10, 11), and subsequent deterioration of the lung function (2,8,10,11,13,14,25,26,31,34,35). Studies on oxygen toxicity have primarily focused on parenchymal damage (2-5, 10, 11, 25), whereas the potential adverse effects of prolonged oxygen exposure on the airways have not been characterized.…”