THE CIRCULATION IN THE COMPRESSED, ATELECTATIC AND PNEUMONIC LUNG

Abstract

Introduction The Chemistry of Respiration The Capillary Systems of the Lung Bronchial system of vessels Pulmonary system of vessels Pathologic Physiology Innervation of the Pulmonary Vessels Circulation in the Atelectatic (Apneumatic) and Collapsed Lung Circulation in the Pneumonic Lung Experimental Data Technic Injections of iodized oil Injections of india ink Protocols Injections of iodized oil Atelectasis of the right lung Atelectasis of the left lung Pneumonia of the right middle and lower lobes Pleurilobar pneumonia Pneumonia of the right lower lobe Injections of india ink Atelectasis of the right lung Lobar pneumonia Discussion Comment Conclusions <h3>INTRODUCTION</h3> Despite an extensive literature on the circulation in the compressed, collapsed or consolidated lung in pneumothorax, massive atelectasis and lobar pneumonia, we have as yet only few definite ideas on this subject. Views which are most varied, if indeed not diametrically opposed, are upheld by different investigators. For the atelectatic lung, opposite theories have