Differences between acute lung injury induced by immersion in seawater and in freshwater in dogs after open chest trauma / 第三军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

0. 05) . Conclusion Despite immersing in seawater and in freshwater worsen the ALI after open chest trauma,the ALI induced by seawater-immersion is severer than that caused by freshwater-immersion. It is attributed to higher plasma osmotic pressure and abundance of salts after seawater immersion,which increasing the pulmonary penetration index and aggravating the inflammatory response.