[Radiological lung changes in progressive pulmonary insufficiency (author's transl)].
Chest radiographs can reflect increasing pulmonary insufficiency of shock lung. In the early and intermediate stages, there is almost pure interstitial oedema which, in the later stages becomes alveolar-interstitial. In addition one may find evidence of broncho-pneumonia. Respiratory insufficiency is due to abnormalities of perfusion and distribution and is aggravated by disturbance of oxygen diffusion. The latter is due to an increase in the alveolo-capillary diffusion distance in the presence of interstitial oedema. It was not possible to demonstrate quantitatively significant precapillary shunts greater than 25 mu.
D000328:Adult; D001314:Auscultation; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications; D012769:Shock / Q000150:complications*; D012774:Shock, Traumatic / Q000150:complications; D013667:Technetium; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium
Röntgenologische Lungenveränderungen bei progressiver pulmonaler Insuffizienz (sog. Schock-Lunge)