[CITATION][C] Structural alterations of lung parenchyma in the adult respiratory distress syndrome
M Bachofen, ER Weibel - Clinics in chest medicine, 1982 - Elsevier
The mechanisms that initiate the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are manifold,
but the structural alterations of the gas exchange apparatus are quite uniform and
nonspecific, and thus do not reveal the etiologic factors. The variability of the clinical or
morphologic appearance is determined by quantitative rather than qualitative features.
Certainly, this observation does not implicate the existence of an organ-specific reaction
induced by any diffuse alveolar injury." The course of events, as observed in patients who …
but the structural alterations of the gas exchange apparatus are quite uniform and
nonspecific, and thus do not reveal the etiologic factors. The variability of the clinical or
morphologic appearance is determined by quantitative rather than qualitative features.
Certainly, this observation does not implicate the existence of an organ-specific reaction
induced by any diffuse alveolar injury." The course of events, as observed in patients who …