The Pathogenic Involvement of Neutrophils in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury

• Published in: Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. 290 - 298
• Main Authors: Rebetz, Johan, Semple, John W., Kapur, Rick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger GmbH 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Acute respiratory distress syndrome; ARDS; Clinical Medicine; Hematologi; Hematology; Klinisk medicin; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Neutrophil; Review; Review Article; TRALI; Transfusion-related acute lung injury; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Neutrophil; TRALI; Transfusion-related acute lung injury; ARDS

The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a serious and common complication of multiple medical and surgical interventions, with sepsis, pneumonia, and aspiration of gastric contents being common risk factors. ARDS develops within 1 week of a known clinical insult or presents with new/worsen...