title: [The pulmonary distress syndrome during acute arterial occlusion of the lower extremities].
abstract: After surgery for acute arterial occlusion in the lower extremities 59 patients have developed tachypnea, respiratory alkalosis and arterial hypoxemia. These symptoms persisted over the whole postoperative period. In 66% of dead patients pulmonary changes have been observed and only in 34% of patients who died suddenly the lungs were unaffected. Morphological changes in the lungs are most marked in long-standing ischemia and have the signs of the "shock lung" (adult respiratory distress syndrome). Pronounced changes in the respiratory function, acid-base balance, blood gas composition can account for a more severe course of the disease, deteriorate the prognosis, predetermine multiorgan failure in the early postoperative period.
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Zimon
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Mavlianova
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Khoroshaev
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Alimov
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Distress-sindrom legkikh pri ostroĭ arterial'noĭ neprokhodimosti nizhnikh konechnosteĭ.