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Treatment of Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Drug Intelligence & Clinical Pharmacy, 1988
Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) culminates in inadequate oxygen delivery to the tissues. There are numerous inciting factors for this syndrome. Several therapies including the prophylactic use of antibiotics and steroids are controversial; even mechanical ventilatory support has controversial elements.
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome in adults

Hospital Medicine, 2000
The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) can arise from a range of predisposing insults. Mortality rates are high for patients with ARDS and survivors require extended and expensive intensive care treatment. This article presents evidence that implicates the production of toxic and damaging reactive oxygen species in the pathogenesis of ARDS.
G J, Quinlan, T W, Evans
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Adult respiratory distress syndrome — an update

Histopathology, 1999
In adults, acute lung injury or adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) may complicate a wide range of serious medical and surgical conditions, only some of which involve direct pulmonary insult. The characteristic histological feature of ARDS is an intense inflammatory process in the lungs, which may progress to fibrosis. The earliest physiological
P S, Hasleton, T E, Roberts
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Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Children

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1980
Respiratory distress syndrome is the clinical manifestation of injury to the terminal alveolar-capillary unit, and may result from a variety of nonpulmonary insults including shock, sepsis, and trauma. The clinical characteristics, pathophysiology, and treatment of respiratory distress syndrome in children are reviewed.
P R, Holbrook, G, Taylor, M M, Pollack, A I, Fields   +3 more
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Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Diabetes

Acta Medica Scandinavica, 1982
ABSTRACT. Non‐cardiac pulmonary edema in a woman with long‐lasting diabetes resulted in a distressing pulmonary fibrosis. It is suggested that pulmonary edema of non‐cardiac origin might be more common in diabetics because of increased capillary permeability in this disease. Early recognition is important, and steroid treatment should be instituted to
G, Hillerdal, L, Wibell
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Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Children

Clinics in Chest Medicine, 1987
A variety of severe pulmonary insults such as the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is often seen in critically ill children. This article summarizes the clinical manifestations, management, and outcome of children with ARDS. The literature pertaining to the syndrome in the pediatric population is reviewed, and areas where there are key ...
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The Incidence of the Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

American Review of Respiratory Disease, 1989
Abstract Although adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has been a recognized entity for over 20 years, estimates of its incidence have been very controversial. The most quoted figure is from a 1972 National Heart and Lung Institute Task Force, which estimated 150,000 cases/year in the United States, an incidence of about 75 ...
J, Villar, A S, Slutsky
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ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME

The Lancet, 1986
J E, Rinaldo, R M, Rogers
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The Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Annual Review of Medicine, 1976
P C, Hopewell, J F, Murray
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The adult respiratory distress syndrome

Disease-a-Month, 1981
A F, Connors, D R, McCaffree, R M, Rogers   +2 more
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