title: [Post-traumatic alveolar changes in lung contusion].
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.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Essen.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Obertacke
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Joka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jochum
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kreuzfelder
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schönfeld
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kirschfink
mesh_terms: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000737:chemistry; D003288:Contusions / Q000473:pathology*; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D055370:Lung Injury; D008262:Macrophage Activation / Q000502:physiology; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000473:pathology*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins
vernacular_title: Posttraumatische alveoläre Veränderungen nach Lungenkontusion.