Lessons from fatal re-expansion pulmonary oedema: case series
Autor: | Dambuza Nyamande, Siphosenkosi Mazibuko |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Zdroj: | Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery. 34:1162-1164 |
ISSN: | 1569-9285 |
Popis: | The goal of this study was to investigate the extent of the alveolar-capillary membrane porosity in patients with severe re-expansion pulmonary oedema. The biochemistry of airway fluid of two patients who died of re-expansion oedema was compared to their blood biochemistry. The airway fluid was comparable to plasma, while no blood cells were observed across the alveolar-capillary membrane. The membrane was linked to a fishnet that traps cells on one side, while plasma sieved through. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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