Pathology of Pneumonia

Introduction:

• 5000 sq meters of area….! (olympic track)
• Filter, humidify, sterilize, highly sensitive.
• Delicate, thin resp. mem – gas exch.
• Filters >10,000 L of air / day…!
• Normal lungs are sterile.
• RTI – Resp. tract inf. commonest in medical practice.
• Enormous morbidity & mortality.
• Pneumonia – inflammation of alveoli.

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