ARDS on chest X-ray: stages
Acquired respiratory distress syndrome on chest radiograph
| Stage | Description |
|---|---|
| I. | Perihilous streaky opacities, incipient interstitial edema |
| II. | Diffuse, more or less homogeneous opacities, event. batwing appearance |
| III. | Increased opacity of shadows due to edema of bronchial wall, event. bronchogram sign |
| IV. | Confluent shadows of increasing size |
| V. | Large dense bilateral shadows |
References:
VYHNÁNEK, L. et al.: Radiodiagnostika, kapitoly z klinické praxe. Grada, Prague.
Updated 4/8/2013 21:46 by Lambert