The Pathophysiology of Perioperative Lung Injury

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 573-590

  Adeniji, Kayode ^a   Steel, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alveolar epithelium; ARDS; Gene therapy; Pathophysiology; Perioperative; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LUNG SURFACTANT; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; THROMBOPLASTIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BAROTRAUMA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CELL DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG OVERDOSE; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; FAT EMBOLISM; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG BURN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG ENDOTHELIUM; LUNG INJURY; LUNG RESECTION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEAR DROWNING; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXYGENATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; REPERFUSION INJURY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIDAL VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; VENTILATOR INDUCED LUNG INJURY;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; OPERATING ROOMS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

EID: 84867884542     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: 22103538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2012.08.011     Document Type: Review

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