Pulmonology · Pulmonology / Critical care
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
also: Adult respiratory distress syndrome; ARDS
Acute diffuse inflammatory lung injury with noncardiogenic pulmonary edema and hypoxemia.
- Specialty
- Pulmonology
- Subspecialty
- Pulmonology / Critical care
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected, equal; Children: yes, pediatric ARDS
- Gene(s) involved
- ACE, MYLK, NFE2L2, SFTPB, SFTPC
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Adult respiratory distress syndrome; ARDS
Etiology & mechanism
Alveolar-capillary barrier injury from sepsis, pneumonia, aspiration or trauma.
Gene(s) involved (5)
Symptoms & signs (6)
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2 shared
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respiratory failure
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tachypnea
1 shared
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tachypnea
1 shared
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respiratory failure
1 shared
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respiratory failure
1 shared
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tachypnea
1 shared
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
respiratory failure
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