adult respiratory distress syndrome

A respiratory failure that results from diffuse injury to the endothelium of the lung (as in sepsis, chest trauma, massive blood transfusion, aspiration of the gastric contents, or pneumonia) and is characterized by pulmonary edema with an abnormally high amou

A respiratory failure that results from diffuse injury to the endothelium of the lung (as in sepsis, chest trauma, massive blood transfusion, aspiration of the gastric contents, or pneumonia) and is characterized by pulmonary edema with an abnormally high amount of protein in the edematous fluid and by difficult rapid breathing and hypoxemia.

Medications that may treat it

acetylcysteine epoprostenol methylprednisolone nitrous oxide

Also known as: ARDS; Non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema; Shock lung; acute respiratory distress syndrome; adult RDS