Last Updated on June 14, 2022
Introduction
• Injury to the alveolar capillaries, without any tear or cut in the lung tissue → accumulation of blood and other fluids within the lung tissue → excess fluid interferes with gas exchange leading to hypoxia
Further Reading
• Lung Contusion: A Clinico-Pathological Entity with Unpredictable Clinical Course, by NLM
• https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-normal-alveolus-Left-Hand-Side-and-the-injured-alveolus-in-the-acute-phase-of-acute_fig5_230654786