 Acute Lung Injury
"Acute Lung Injury" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition of lung damage that is characterized by bilateral pulmonary infiltrates (PULMONARY EDEMA) rich in NEUTROPHILS, and in the absence of clinical HEART FAILURE. This can represent a spectrum of pulmonary lesions, endothelial and epithelial, due to numerous factors (physical, chemical, or biological).
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D055371
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.381.520.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Acute Lung Injury- Acute Lung Injury
- Acute Lung Injuries
- Lung Injuries, Acute
- Lung Injury, Acute
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acute Lung Injury" by people in Profiles.
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Dolinay T, Kim YS, Howrylak J, Hunninghake GM, An CH, Fredenburgh L, Massaro AF, Rogers A, Gazourian L, Nakahira K, Haspel JA, Landazury R, Eppanapally S, Christie JD, Meyer NJ, Ware LB, Christiani DC, Ryter SW, Baron RM, Choi AM. Inflammasome-regulated cytokines are critical mediators of acute lung injury. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Jun 01; 185(11):1225-34.
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Freishtat RJ, Mojgani B, Mathison DJ, Chamberlain JM. Toward early identification of acute lung injury in the emergency department. J Investig Med. 2007 Dec; 55(8):423-9.
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