Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome eMedicine (Health/Respiratory_Disorders)
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Description: Clinical information on this disorder.Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Acute respiratory... distress syndrome (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.The 1994 AmericanEuropean Consensus Committee defines ARDS as the acute onset of bilateral infiltrates on chest radiography, a partial pressure of arterial oxygen (PaO 2 ) to fraction of inspired oxygen (FIO 2 ) ratio of less than 200 mm Hg and a pulmonary artery
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