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	Acute respiratory distress syndrome - acute respiratory distresssyndrome
		Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), also known as respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) or adult respiratory distress syndrome (in contrast with IRDS) is a serious reaction to various forms of injuries to the lung.
		Acute respiratory distress syndrome was first described in 1967 by Ashbaugh et al.
		Acute respiratory distress syndrome is usually treated with mechanical ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit.
	www.diseases-n-symtoms.com /Acute_respiratory_distress_syndrome.php (3218 words)

	eMedicine - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome : Article by Todd Rothenhaus, MD FACEP
		Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was first described in 1967 by Ashbaugh, who described a syndrome of severe respiratory failure associated with pulmonary infiltrates, similar to infant hyaline membrane disease.
		Respiratory alkalosis may be present early in the course of the disease; hypercarbia and respiratory acidosis develop as the disease progresses.
		Ashbaugh DG, Bigelow DB, Petty TL, Levine BE: Acute respiratory distress in adults.
	www.emedicine.com /EMERG/topic15.htm (1906 words)

	ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - Lungs OnLine
		Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a life threatening disease that causes severe fluid build up in the lungs.
		Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome occurs in 3 phases.
		This is a particularly damaging phase of the syndrome and has an increased risk of death.
	www.lungsonline.com /ards.html (396 words)

	Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
		Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by the development of sudden breathlessness within hours to days of an inciting event.
		Inciting events include trauma, sepsis (microorganisms growing in a person's blood), drug overdose, massive transfusion of blood products, acute pancreatitis, or aspiration (fluid entering the lungs, especially stomach contents).
		In many cases, the initial event is obvious, but, in others (such as drug overdose) the underlying cause may not be so easy to identify.
	www.emedicinehealth.com /acute_respiratory_distress_syndrome/article_em.htm (299 words)

	Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Lung and Airway Disorders: Merck Manual Home Edition
		Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a type of lung failure resulting from many different disorders that cause fluid to accumulate in the lungs and oxygen levels in the blood to be too low.
		Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a medical emergency that often occurs in people who have severe lung disease.
		This syndrome is sometimes called adult respiratory distress syndrome, although it can occur in children.
	www.merck.com /mmhe/sec04/ch056/ch056a.html (1000 words)

	Acute respiratory distress syndrome American Family Physician - Find Articles
		Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) refers to the syndrome of lung injury characterized by dyspnea, severe hypoxemia, decreased lung compliance, and diffuse bilateral pulmonary infiltrates.
		The American-European Consensus Committee on ARDS standardized the definition (7) in 1994 and renamed it acute rather than adult respiratory distress syndrome because it occurs at all ages.
		They progress to respiratory distress with diffuse rhonchi and signs of consolidation, often requiring positive pressure ventilatory support.
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	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome)
		Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening condition that causes lung swelling and fluid build up in the air sacs.
		While ARDS shares some similarities with infant respiratory distress syndrome, its causes and treatments are different.
		The main supportive treatment of the failing respiratory system in ARDS is mechanical ventilation (a breathing machine) to deliver high doses of oxygen and a continuous level of pressure called PEEP (positive end-expiratory pressure) to the damaged lungs.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000103.htm (777 words)

	Facts about ARDS Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
		Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is defined as an acute process, which results in moderate to severe loss of lung function.
		These secretions can be obtained either by the nurse or respiratory therapist suctioning the patient or by a special procedure called a bronchoscopy.
		The organs most frequently affected include the kidney (acute renal insufficiency), the heart, the liver (liver failure or shock liver), the brain, and the blood.
	www.ardsusa.com /facts.htm (1766 words)

	Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - ARDS attorney - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
		Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, or ARDS, is a serious lung dysfunction that affects about 150,000 people annually and often results in death.
		Patients with ARDS, which is also known as Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome, experience severe shortness of breath or breathing failure, often requiring mechanical ventilation, or life support.
		ARDS is caused by accidents or external forces – a traumatic blow to the chest, breathing harmful smoke or fumes, and severe pneumonia.
	www.klinespecter.com /ards_lawyer.html (511 words)

	Respiratory symptoms - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Acute cough may suggest acute upper respiratory tract infection (e.g.
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		difficulty breathing, mild respiratory symptoms, shortness of breath, flu-like symptoms, areas of consolidation on lung x-rays, dry nonproductive cough, focal interstitial infiltrates on lung x-rays, pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute respiratory distress syndrome
	wrongdiagnosis.com /sym/respiratory_symptoms.htm (3131 words)

	ARDS Support Center - ARDS Support, education and information resources
		Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is an acute, severe injury to most or all of both lungs.
		ARDS is not a specific disease; instead, it is a type of severe, acute lung dysfunction that is associated with a variety of diseases, such as pneumonia, shock, sepsis (a severe infection in the body) and trauma.
		ARDS can be confused with congestive heart failure, which is another common condition that can also cause acute respiratory distress.
	www.ards.org (814 words)

	Resources and information about Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
		American Association for Respiratory Care - The AARC is a professional membership association for respiratory care professionals and allied health specialists interested in cardiopulmonary care.
		Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.
		Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Pregnancy and the Puerperium: Causes, Courses, and Outcomes
	www.ardsusa.org /resources.htm (1868 words)

	AllRefer Health - ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult Respiratory ...
		AllRefer Health - ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Increased-Permeability Pulmonary Edema, Non-Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema, Shock Lung, Stiff Lung)
		ARDS is a life-threatening condition in which inflammation of the lungs and accumulation of fluid in the air sacs (alveoli) leads to low blood oxygen levels.
		While it shares some similarities with infant respiratory distress syndrome, its causes and treatments are different.
	health.allrefer.com /health/ards-acute-respiratory-distress-syndrome-info.html (467 words)

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		Most users take heroin, not primarily to stave off the abstinence syndrome, but because they find life on heroin better than their pain-ridden life without it.
		The problem is not the euphoric well-being they can induce - an ill-named "adverse side-effect" - but their tendency to induce a financially ruinous tolerance; perhaps insidiously to dull the intellect; trigger nausea; slow digestive processes; and sometimes induce a parodoxical hyperalgesia.
		This is a consequence of their stimulation of the mu-2 receptors in the medullary respiratory centres of the brain.
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		The acute management of severe weight loss is usually provided in an inpatient hospital setting, where feeding plans address the person's medical and nutritional needs.
		Family therapy uses strategies to reduce the level of distress within the family that may either contribute to or result from the ill person's symptoms.
		ECT may also be considered to treat acute episodes when medical conditions, including pregnancy, make the use of medications too risky.
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	Dr. Koop - ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome)
		Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening condition in which inflammation of the lungs and accumulation of fluid in the air sacs (alveoli) leads to low blood oxygen levels.
		Non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema; Increased-permeability pulmonary edema; Stiff lung; Shock lung; Adult respiratory distress syndrome; Acute respiratory distress syndrome
		You should promptly seek professional medical care if you have any concern about your health, and you should always consult your physician before starting a fitness regimen.
	www.drkoop.com /ency/93/000103.html (385 words)

	Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) - MayoClinic.com
		Mayo Clinic pulmonologist Edward Rosenow, M.D., and colleagues answer select questions from readers.
		Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening condition caused by widespread inflammation of the lungs.
		This inflammation causes fluid to leak from small blood vessels in the lungs.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/ards/AN00320 (280 words)

	Acute respiratory distress syndrome definition - Asthma symptoms, relief therapies, treatment and medications on ...
		Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Better known as ARDS.
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	Healthopedia.com - Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, ARDS)
		Adult respiratory distress syndrome, which is also called ARDS, is a breakdown in the function of the lungs that comes on suddenly.
		With this condition, there is severe inflammation in the lungs.
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	www.healthopedia.com /adult-respiratory-distress-syndrome (416 words)

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