[A fast osmotic transition method for the study of pulmonary transcapillary exchange: theoretical model]

A theoretical model allowed the simultaneous determination of the reflexion coefficients of capillary membrane to small hydrophilic molecules and of the ratios of their permeability to filtration coefficient. This was applied to dilution curves obtained after injection of a hypertonic solution containing a vascular tracer. The calculated variables did not depend on the capillary exchange surface area.