validity of spo2/fio2 ratio in detection of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome

Validity of Spo2/Fio2 Ratio in Detection of Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Introduction:  One ofdiagnostic criteria for Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome is  pao2/fio2 (PF) ratio 300 for ALI or 200 for ARDS. This criteria requires invasive arterial sampling. Measurement of Spo2/Fio2 (SF) ratio by pulseoximetry may be a reliable non invasive alternative to the PF ratio.   Methods and Materials: In a cross sectional study we enrolled 105 sample o...

Acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome in malaria.

Malaria is an important treatable cause of acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in the tropics and in the returning traveller in the non-endemic areas. ARDS is an important complication in severe, complicated falciparum malaria and has been described in P. vivax and P. ovale malaria also. Malarial ALI/ARDS is more common in adults than in children. Pregnant wom...

Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome in children.

BACKGROUND Acute lung injury (ALI) and its more severe form, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), are devastating disorders of overwhelming pulmonary inflammation and hypoxemia, resulting in high morbidity and mortality. AIM To provide the clinician with a summary of the literature on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and an evidence-base for management of ALI/ARDS in children. DATA SELEC...

Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Although ALI/ARDS mortality rates have improved over the last several decades, they remain high, particularly in the geriatric patient population. Although considerable progress has been made in understanding the pathogenesis of the disease, a large number of promising treatments have proven unsuccessful. One exception has been in the area of ventilator management, where a strategy of protectiv...

Recruitment manoeuvres in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome/acute lung injury is characterised by profound hypoxaemia due to a permeability pulmonary oedema. In this setting, recruitment manoeuvres (RMs) can be a useful tool as adjuncts to lung protective ventilatory strategies to prevent cyclic alveolar stress and avoid alveolar collapse. Many experimental and physiological studies have discussed the use of RMs but o...