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Adult respiratory distress syndrome

A histopathologic study

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Summary

The results of an anatomohistopathologic study carried out on subjects who died from various causes in resuscitation centers are reported with specific reference to the evolutive phases of the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

While a precise anatomohistopathologic diagnosis of non-clinically diagnosed ARDS in its initial phase is considered possible, the importance of recognizing this pathology in cadavers and living patients is emphasized because of the medico-legal implications involved.

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Ergebnisse pathologisch-anatomischer und histologischer Untersuchungen in verschiedentlich verursachten Todesfä llen in Reanimationszentren, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der evolutiven Phasen des ARD-Syndroms.

Verff. halten die exakte pathologisch-anatomische und histologische Diagnose eines anfänglichen ARDS auch in den klinisch nicht diagnostizierten Fällen für möglich und heben die gerichtsmedizinische Bedeutung der Feststellung einer solchen Pathologie in Todesfällen und bei Überlebenden hervor.

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Ferrara, S.D., Pertile, G. Adult respiratory distress syndrome. Z Rechtsmed 83, 245–252 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02333327

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