Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

In ARDS there is respiratory failure (the lungs stop functioning normally and mechanical ventilation is needed) with a sudden onset due to the rapid accumulation of fluid or toxins in the lungs and body. This follows an abrupt increase in the fluid and plasma moving out of the blood stream and into the air sacs interfering with the exchange of oxygen. ARDS is the most serious response to acute injury and the causes are very diverse. They include but are by no means limited to; aspiration (getting food or fluids down the wrong way), inhalation of a toxic substance such as smoke from a fire, widespread infection and near-drowning,

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
  • Part of Speech: noun
  • Synonym(s):
  • Blossary:
  • Industry/Domain: Health care
  • Category: Hospitals
  • Company:
  • Product:
  • Acronym-Abbreviation:
Collect to Blossary

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 1

    Followers

Industry/Domain: History Category: Ancient history

Raphael

Raphael (means "It is God who heals", "God Heals", "God, Please Heal") is an archangel of ...

Contributor

Featured blossaries

2013 Best Movies

Category: Entertainment   1 4 Terms

Weeds

Category: Geography   2 20 Terms