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Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Definition
Acute respiratory distress syndrome ("ARDS") is a life-threatening inflammation with oedema in the lungs which leads to severe respiratory failure. ARDS is a clinical syndrome of lung injury with hypoxic respiratory failure caused by intense pulmonary inflammation that develops after a severe physiologic insult.
Also indexed as
ARD - [adult respiratory distress syndrome]ARDS - [adult respiratory distress syndrome]Acute respiratory distress syndromeAdult acute respiratory distress syndromeAdult hyaline membrane diseaseDanang lungPost traumatic pulmonary insufficiencyPulmonary insufficiency following shockVietnam lungacquired respiratory distress syndromeadult cardiorespiratory distress syndromeadult hyaline membrane lung diseaseadult idiopathic respiratory distress syndromeadult respiratory distressadult respiratory distress syndromeadult wet lung syndromecongestive atelectasisnon-cardiogenic pulmonary oedemapulmonary capillary leak syndromepulmonary insufficiency following traumashock lungshock-lung syndrometraumatic wet lung
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