Congestive heart failure and adult respiratory distress syndrome. New insights using computed tomography.
CT has brought new insights into our understanding of the patient with acute respiratory distress, pulmonary edema, and adult respiratory distress syndrome. This article documents some of the physiologic and imaging information gained from axial imaging of the critically ill.
Goodman
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Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011187:Posture; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed