Starling equation
Ecuación de Starling
- Date
- 1896 · confidence low
- Place
- London, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Ernest Starling
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
Principle explaining fluid movement across the capillary wall through the balance of hydrostatic and oncotic pressures on either side of the membrane; formulated by Ernest Starling.
What it led to
- Modern understanding of edema and capillary filtration
- Basis for renal glomerular filtration physiology
- Fluid management in critical care medicine
- Revised models of capillary permeability