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Acute respiratory distress syndrome in adults
1Unit of Critical Care, Imperial College School of Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London.
Hospital Medicine (London, England : 1998)
|October 25, 2000
Abstract:
The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) can arise from a range of predisposing insults. Mortality rates are high for patients with ARDS and survivors require extended and expensive intensive care treatment. This article presents evidence that implicates the production of toxic and damaging reactive oxygen species in the pathogenesis of ARDS.