title: Adult respiratory distress syndrome induced by blunt trauma--a dying threat throughout the world?
authors.affiliation: Harald Tscherne Lab for Orthopaedic Trauma, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Michalewicz
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma, Aachen University Medical Center, Germany. Electronic address: papehc@aol.com.
authors.forename: H-C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Pape
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055370:Lung Injury / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012307:Risk Factors; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality