Brief Discussion

- Appeared immediately or within 1 hr(64%)
- Clinical sign : Asx. – resp. insufficiency

- Unilateral alveolar opacities
- Progress for 24-48 hr, persist for 4-5 days

- Hypotheses
    increased pulmonary capillary permeability due to hypoxic injury
    decreased surfactant production
    altered pulmonary perfusion and mechanical stretching of membranes

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