Distress Management

[Management of the acute respiratory distress syndrome].

OBJECTIVE To review the current support and treatment strategies of the acute respiratory distress syndrome. DATA SOURCES Original data from our research laboratory and from representative scientific articles on acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung Injury searched through Medline. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS Despite advances in the understanding of the pathogenesis of acute respir...

Adult respiratory distress syndrome: diagnosis and management.

ARDS yearly afflicts more than 150,000 people, many of whom are young and otherwise healthy and yet the mortality rate remains in excess of 60% to 70%. This high mortality has not yielded to the significant gains made in intensive care patient management and rapid advances in technology. Acute lung injury research in the past 15 to 20 years has greatly enhanced our understanding of the pathophy...

Management of respiratory distress syndrome: an update.

Respiratory distress syndrome is the most common respiratory disorder in preterm infants. Over the last decade, because of improvements in neonatal care and increased use of antenatal steroids and surfactant replacement therapy, mortality from respiratory distress syndrome has dropped substantially. However, respiratory morbidity, primarily bronchopulmonary dysplasia, remains unacceptably high....

The NCCN guideline for distress management: a case for making distress the sixth vital sign.

Piloting an Automated Distress Management Program in an Oncology Practice.

BACKGROUND New administrative requirements to provide assessment and treatment for distress in patients with cancer, as well as concern for positive patient outcomes, highlight oncology practitioners' need for a high-quality distress management program. OBJECTIVES Researchers designed, developed, implemented, and evaluated a nurse-led quality-improvement project that pilot tested a distress m...