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Created page with "'''Acute respiratory distress syndrome''' (ARDS) is a life-threatening inflammation with oedema in the lungs which leads to severe respiratory failure. It occurs in approx. 10% of ICU patients, and there is a 50% mortality rate. == Etiology == * Sepsis (most common) * Pneumonia * Aspiration of gastric content * Shock * Acute pancreatitis * Major trauma == Clinical features == * Dyspnoea, restlessness, anxiety * Altered mental status * Cyan..."
(Created page with "'''Acute respiratory distress syndrome''' (ARDS) is a life-threatening inflammation with oedema in the lungs which leads to severe respiratory failure. It occurs in approx. 10% of ICU patients, and there is a 50% mortality rate. == Etiology == * Sepsis (most common) * Pneumonia * Aspiration of gastric content * Shock * Acute pancreatitis * Major trauma == Clinical features == * Dyspnoea, restlessness, anxiety * Altered mental status * Cyan...")
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