1993
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800800106
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Role of the neutrophil in adult respiratory distress syndrome

Abstract: Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in surgical practice. Despite the continued advance of surgical technique and therapy, the mainstay of treatment of ARDS remains supportive. In the past decade cytokines have been found to be primary chemical mediators of the host response to inflammatory disease. The polymorphonuclear leucocyte has also emerged as a possible cellular mediator of the end-organ damage that characterizes these inflammatory processes… Show more

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“…Owing to impaired migration, sequestration of neutrophils also strikes organs not affected by infection (48). The lungs are particularly susceptible, and impaired lung function correlates with the intensity of neutrophil infiltrates (49,50). As previously shown, C5a and sublytic doses of TCC can stimulate production of LTB4 (27,51).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Owing to impaired migration, sequestration of neutrophils also strikes organs not affected by infection (48). The lungs are particularly susceptible, and impaired lung function correlates with the intensity of neutrophil infiltrates (49,50). As previously shown, C5a and sublytic doses of TCC can stimulate production of LTB4 (27,51).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Inflammatory lung tissue damage is a major cause of post-traumatic morbidity and mortality of intensive care patients. Although the mechanisms that lead to acute lung injury are not completely understood, an increased recruitment and reduced clearance of activated inflammatory cells, predominantly polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) from the lungs are thought to be chief contributing factors [2].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Activated neutrophils play a central role in the damage of lung tissue in sepsis [1,2,16]. However, the mechanisms that control the lethal actions of neutrophils and diminish lung tissue damage in individuals who recover from sepsis are unknown.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…At present, we have incomplete knowledge of the complex series of inflammatory events which leads to ARDS after trauma, although the local release of cytokines, 12 the complex interactions between platelets and circulating leucoytes with vascular endothelial cells, 13 the extravasation and degranulation of neutrophils to produce toxic products, 14 and the activation of neuroendocrine, complement, coagulative and fibrinolytic pathways, 14,15 are certainly involved. The histological findings include microvascular occlusion from fibrin and platelet aggregates and interstitial leakage of protein-and neutrophil-rich fluid, leading to diffuse alveolar damage.…”
Section: Current Theories Of the Pathophysiological Mechanismsmentioning
confidence: 99%