Primary XXXX immobilization as a method to prevent post-traumatic pulmonary changes- an experimental model.

@entity1 @entity1707 @entity174 @entity649 @entity338 @entity130
@entity338 or " @entity649 " ( @entity649 ) is one of the most feared complications of severe @entity130 . The aetiology is probably multifactorial, and is obscure. Although modern treatment has reduced the mortality, there is no certain way of preventing the syndrome. The aim of the investigation was to develop an experimental model on anaesthetized @entity1707 subjected to @entity130 and folllowed up for 3-4 days, still under anaesthesia, the repeated lung X-rays and post-mortem naked-eye and histological examination of lung tissue. 26 @entity1707 were used. 12 (Group I) were subjected to missile @entity130 of a limb, with a @entity174 that was left without immobilization. 10 were treated similarly but with immobilization of the @entity174 (Group II). Four control animals were prepared and observed under anaesthesia but no @entity130 was inflicted (Group III). In Group I, all but two developed, 10-70 h after the injury, roentgen and morphological changes identical to those seen in @entity1 with clinically documented @entity649 . No such changes were seen in the controls or in Group II. With our experimental model it seems possible to induce in experimental animals roentgen and morphological changes corresponding to @entity649 in @entity1 . The method provides new means of studying the mechanisms behind and the effects of different forms of treatment in @entity649 . The results also support the hypothesis that early immobilization of @entity174 is an important step in preventing @entity649 .
