Lung Contusion: A Clinico-Pathological Entity with Unpredictable Clinical Course

Farooq Ahmad Ganie; Hafeezulla Lone; Ghulam Nabi Lone; Mohd Lateef Wani; Shyam Singh; Abdual Majeed Dar; Nasir-u-din Wani; Shadab nabi wani; Nadeem-ul Nazeer

Volume 1, Issue 1 , January 2013, , Pages 7-16

Abstract
  Lung contusion is an entity involving injury to the alveolar capillaries, without any tear or cut in the lung tissue. This results in accumulation of blood and other fluids within the lung tissue. The excess fluid interferes with gas exchange leading to hypoxia. The pathophysiology of lung contusion ...  Read More