Pulmonary fine structural changes in children with tissue hypoxia☆
Abstract
Six children have undergone lung biopsy for evaluation of fine structure. Four children demonstrated increased DAVO2 preoperatively and had marked ultrastructural changes in their lungs. Such changes appear to result from embolization of microthrombi or microaggregates to the lung from under-oxygenated tissue.
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☆ Presented before the 7th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Boca Raton, Fla., April 29–May 1, 1976.Supported by the Oregon Heart Association.
PII: 0022-3468(76)90092-0
© 1976 Published by Elsevier Inc.
