[Shock lung after mechanical ventilation in a case of resuscitated cardiac arrest].

The case is presented, of a female patient aged 25 years presenting with internal haemorrhage as a result of uterine rupture, with intra-abdominal foetus who was who was resuscitated after cardiac arrest. After 22 hours of progressively inefficient mechanical ventilation the patient had another, irreversible, cardiac arrest. The post-morten examination showed the presence of fibrous lesions in the alveolocapillary septa, suggesting the course of shock lung.