The Opportunity of Surfactant Protein D as a Potential Biomarker for Detecting Acute Lung Injury

Abstract

Acute lung injury is a medical problem that causes a high mortality rate if it is not detected early and followed by appropriate treatment. The detection of acute lung injury is generally by clinical, radiological, and arterial blood gas analysis. This is a little late because when clinical symptoms appear, the cure rate will decrease. We need an early diagnosis of acute lung injury so that, as clinicians, we can anticipate further organ damage. One idea to detect acute lung injury is by examining the serum surfactant protein D. Although it still has to be combined with clinical examination and other examinations, at least there is a simple