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[Post-traumatic alveolar changes in lung contusion]
U Obertacke1, T Joka, M Jochum
1Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Essen.
Der Unfallchirurg
|March 1, 1991
Abstract:
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) specimens taken from nine patients with lung contusion following multiple trauma were compared with specimens from different control groups. Early interstitial and intra-alveolar reactions are PMN degranulation, mediator release and high protein leakage. The alveolar reactions are similar in extent to the reaction found in post-traumatic ARDS.