[Observation of the radiologic course in long-term artificial respiration].
In a retrospective study, 108 patients were followed up who had to undergo artificial respiration treatment because of respiratory insufficiency. X-ray diagnosis showed a shock lung in all the patients. X-ray morphology correlates with the pathologicoanatomical substrate which develops progressively in phases. 24 patients (22%) could be saved, which is a remarkable success in view of the usually fatal prognosis. It was encouraging to find that follow-up examinations of the surviving patients did not reveal any detectable sequels of the "shock lung"; likewise, no unfavourable effects of the respiratory therapy were noticed.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011379:Prognosis; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy
Radiologische Verlaufsbeobachtung bei Langzeitbeatmung.