Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
CONTENTS
PREFACE OR THESIS 5
Definition 1 6
Etiology 2 7
Pathology 3 10
Symptomology 4 13
Expected Diagnostic Test Results 5 14
Current Accepted Medical Treatment 6
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Prognosis 7.
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Mortality and Morbidity 8.
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SUMMARY
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 23
LIST OF TABLES
Main Causes of ARDS 9
Test Used In Diagnosis of ARDS 15
THESIS
In researching Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), there are many factors that play a part in diagnosis, treatment and the outcome of a patients health because it is a catastrophic acute lung injury that affects more than 150,000 patients a year. ARDS was first described in 1967 by Ashbaugh, who described a syndrome of severe respiratory failure associated with pulmonary infiltrates, similar to infant hyaline membrane disease. Research has come a very long and significant way since 1967, and the things we once knew we did not. Advancement in medical testing and equipment have singled out exactly what it is, but only have an idea of exactly what causes it, making treatment sometimes very risky. Discussed throughout will be an in depth view of ARDS and the views of many universities and medical staffs.
I. DEFINITION
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a syndrome of inflammation and increased pulmonary alveolar permeability associated with a constellation of clinical, radiologic and physiologic abnormalities. The functional lung injury is identified as diffuse damage to the alveolar-capillary unit. Disruption of the endothelial barrier in the pulmonary alveolocapillary membrane leads to non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema through increased vascular permeability. Gas exchange and mechanical properties of the lung are...
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