Protective efficiacy of taurine against pulmonary edema progression: experimental study.
J Cardiothorac Surg
; 3: 57, 2008 Oct 28.
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| ID: mdl-18957088
Re-expansion pulmonary edema (RPE) is an acute, rare and potentially lethal complication. Its beginning is sudden and dramatic. The mechanism is not yet fully understood. Some authors suggest that it may occur after rapid re-inflation of a collapsed lung. It was reported by other authors that it may relate to surfactant depletion or may result from hypoxic capillary damage, leading to increased capillary permeability. In RPE, unilateral lung injury is initiated by cytotoxic oxygen metabolites and temporally associated with an influx of polymorphonuclear neutrophils. These toxic oxygen products are the results of re-oxygenation of a collapsed lung. Treatment of re-expansion pulmonary edema is basically preventive.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Edema Pulmonar
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Taurina
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Antioxidantes
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Cardiothorac Surg
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Turquía
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido