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Acute respiratory distress syndrome. Cellular biology and pathology
1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, USA.
Respiratory Care Clinics of North America
|January 9, 1999
Abstract:
The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a nonspecific host response to a variety of injurious agents that often are divided into those related to airways and those resulting from a vascular insult. The known predisposing factors usually result in the recognized clinical syndrome within 72 hours of exposure.