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Acute respiratory distress syndrome

Síndrome do desconforto respiratório agudo

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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.

Index Terms

Acute respiratory distress syndromeAdult acute respiratory distress syndromeAdult hyaline membrane diseaseacquired respiratory distress syndromecongestive atelectasisnon-cardiogenic pulmonary oedemapulmonary capillary leak syndromeARD - [adult respiratory distress syndrome]Danang lungVietnam lungadult respiratory distress syndromeARDS - [adult respiratory distress syndrome]adult cardiorespiratory distress syndromeadult wet lung syndromeadult idiopathic respiratory distress syndromeadult hyaline membrane lung diseaseadult respiratory distresstraumatic wet lungPost traumatic pulmonary insufficiencypulmonary insufficiency following traumaPulmonary insufficiency following shockshock-lung syndromeshock lung