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A condition of lung damage that is characterized by bilateral pulmonary infiltrates (PULMONARY EDEMA) rich in NEUTROPHILS, and in the absence of clinical HEART FAILURE. This can represent a spectrum of pulmonary lesions, endothelial and epithelial, due to numerous factors (physical, chemical, or biological).
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- Lung Injury, Acute
- Acute Lung Injuries
- Lung Injuries, Acute
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2009; use RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT 1994-2008
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- National Library of Medicine. Acute Lung Injury. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055371. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055371
- Acute Lung Injury. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_lung_injury
- Acute Lung Injury. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4677935