Shock Lung: A Disorder of the Central Nervous System?

1 August 1974

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Hospital Practice

Vol. 9 (8) , 77-86
https://doi.org/10.1080/21548331.1974.11706852

Abstract

Animal studies are described that have demonstrated a centroneurogenic rather than hemodynamic etiology for this syndrome. In the presence of profound cerebral hypoxemia, an inappropriate signal from the brain heightens resistance in the pulmonary venule, producing a tourniquet action that leads to congestion, hemorrhage, and atelectasis. Denervating the lung is protective, a finding that suggests new avenues to treatment.

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