Ventilation: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Common oxygenation and ventilation complications associated with ARDS
OVERVIEW Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is an acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to increased pulmonary vascular permeability, increased lung weight, and loss of aerated lung tissue with hypoxemia and bilateral radiographic opacities, associated with increased venous admixture, increased physiological…