Circulación extracorpórea y Síndrome de Distress Respiratorio del Adulto

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Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome account in about 2% of open heart operated patients. Pathophysiologic and pathologic conceps are commented and the three stages of the syndrome are exposed. Cardiopulmonary bypass induces a secuestration of polimorphonuclear granulocytes into the pulmonary capillary membrane, and this cells in special situations, can produce pulmonary edema. The study, in early stages of the cardiac operations, of certains granulocyte-produced mediators could be a predictor of postoperative pulmonary distress syndrome.