Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- BLOOD ALTERATIONS IN THE ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME -- THROMBIN-INDUCED PULMONARY MICROEMBOLISM: MECHANISMS OF LUNG VASCULAR INJURY -- THROMBOXANE A2 AS A MECHANISM OF NEUTROPHIL AND LEUKOTRIENE INDUCED LUNG PERMEABILITY -- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF PULMONARY AIR EMBOLISM IN SHEEP -- THE PLASMA KALLIKREIN-KININ SYSTEM IN MULTIPLE TRAUMA AND POST-TRAUMATIC SHOCK -- DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF MICROTHROMBI IN DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION (DIC) -- BLOOD COAGULATION AND RELATED SYSTEMS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS -- REFERENCES -- Backmatter