Psittacosis Causing Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): clinical concepts and pathogenic mechanisms

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): clinical concepts and pathogenic mechanisms The first published reports of ARDS appeared in 1967 when Ashbaugh and colleagues described 12 adult patients with the acute onset of respiratory distress, refractory hypoxemia and bilateral infiltrates in chest X-rays (Ashbaugh et al., 1967). This was initially called the adult respiratory distress syndrome...

Pseudocyst in pulmonary acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

Childhood ARDS is mostly caused by pneumonia. Pulmonary pseudocysts are reported in adults recovering from ARDS, usually in non-dependent lung regions. We present a 1.5-year-old boy, who survived severe pulmonary ARDS with development of pulmonary giant pseudocysts and other structural abnormalities in dependent lung region. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first follow up report of pulm...

New therapies for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS):--a review.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has been associated with high mortality. Improved understanding of the pathophysiology, recognition of precipitating events and improved management has decreased the mortality over the years. Mechanical ventilation is still the corner stone of the management of the disease. It is well recognised that high tidal volumes and airway pressures increase the...

Pulmonary sarcoidosis and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

A 50 year old man presented with 3 weeks of exertional dyspnoea. His chest radiograph on admission revealed diffuse bilateral interstitial infiltrates. He did not respond to antibiotics but subsequently improved on high dose corticosteroids. Bronchoscopic examination with transbronchial biopsy specimens revealed the presence of non-necrotising granulomas. This case demonstrates an unusual clini...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): are we speaking different languages?