Pulmonary distress syndrome in urgent surgery: A concept, pathogenesis, and fundamentals of treatment

Experimental and clinical evidence was obtained for establishing the pathological condition (syndrome) in acute surgical abdominal diseases called pulmonary distress syndrome. Pulmonary distress syndrome in urgent surgery is a set of pathological processes of the body, with the most important manifestations being systemic homeostasis disorders due to lung damage as a result of alteration of membrane structures of cells resulting from hyperactivation of peroxidation and phospholipases and modifications of the tissue coagulation-lytic system, which is accompanied by deterioration of their respiratory (respiratory distress syndrome), detoxification, lipid-regulating, and hemostatic functions.