Lung aeration in experimental malaria-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome by SPECT/CT analysis.

Malaria-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an inflammatory disease causing alveolar-pulmonary barrier lesion and increased vascular permeability characterized by severe hypoxemia. Computed tomography (CT), among other imaging techniques, allows the morphological and quantitativ...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thatyane de Castro Quirino, Luana Dos Santos Ortolan, Michelle Klein Sercundes, Claudio Romero Farias Marinho, Walter Miguel Turato, Sabrina Epiphanio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233864