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Pathophysiology of adult RDS

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The adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) represents a sequence of pathophysiological events that develop when there is a variety of frequently unrelated assaults to the lung, such as bacterial sepsis, aspiration, fat embolism, shock, drug injury and others [1].

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  1. Adalberto Grossi
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Second Institute of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

    E. V. Cosmi

  2. Institute of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of Perugia, Policlinico Monteluce, Perugia, Italy

    G. C. Di Renzo

  3. Second Institute of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

    M. M. Anceschi

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Grossi, A., Giomarelli, P. (1991). Pathophysiology of adult RDS. In: Cosmi, E.V., Di Renzo, G.C., Anceschi, M.M. (eds) The Surfactant System of the Lung. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12553-1_30

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