Adult respiratory distress syndrome in neutropenic patients
MD Laufe, RH Simon, A Flint, JB Keller - The American journal of medicine, 1986 - Elsevier
The precise pathophysiologic mechanisms that cause the adult respiratory distress
syndrome are unknown. Indirect evidence from human studies and extrapolations from
animal models have suggested that phagocytic neutrophils are important in the
pathogenesis of this disease. To further evaluate the role of neutrophils, the frequency of
neutropenia in 18 bacteremic patients who had the adult respiratory distress syndrome was
compared with that in a control group who had bacteremia alone. Three of 18 patients in the …
syndrome are unknown. Indirect evidence from human studies and extrapolations from
animal models have suggested that phagocytic neutrophils are important in the
pathogenesis of this disease. To further evaluate the role of neutrophils, the frequency of
neutropenia in 18 bacteremic patients who had the adult respiratory distress syndrome was
compared with that in a control group who had bacteremia alone. Three of 18 patients in the …