Which of the following would tend to increase lung compliance:
A. a decrease in alveolar surface tension
B. a disease that kills alveolar type II cells
C. decreased surfactant production
D. less lung volume change for a given pressure change
E. lung scarring, a.k.a., 'fibrosis'
Ans: A. a decrease in alveolar surface tension
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