[Pathological and roentgenographic morphology in different stages of pulmonary shock (author's transl)]

Pulmonary shock syndrome may be better understood by comparing morphological and patho-physiological alterations in different stages. In the very early stage only fine structural tracer studies in experimental animals elicit morphological alterations of the microcirculation in the alveolar wall. These findings can be related to changes of ventilatory and blood-gas parameters. After a short interval microscopic and radiological features correspond. Interstitial pulmonary edema is the main syndrome of shock lung.