POSTOPERATIVE MASSIVE COLLAPSE OF THE LUNG
- 26 August 1922
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 79 (9) , 718-720
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1922.02640090026007
Abstract
The term massive collapse of the lung was first used by Pasteur1in 1890. He had been studying cases of postdiphtheritic paralysis of the diaphragm, and in five such cases that came to necropsy he found the lower lobes of the lungs atelectatic and airless, and that when thrown into water they sank to the bottom. He called this condition massive collapse of the lung. In 1908 he2reported cases of collapse of the lung following operations, and again in 1914 he3reported sixteen cases of collapse of the lung among the postoperative pulmonary complications following 2,000 operations. The sixteen cases were divided among the following operations: ninety-seven operations on the stomach, one case; fifty-six operations on the liver and gallbladder, one case; 692 operations on the appendix, seven cases; 373 operations on the pelvic organs, seven cases. About the same time, Elliott and Dingley4reportedKeywords
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