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'''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.
<section begin="A&IC" />'''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 ==
== Etiology ==
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* [[ECMO]] – if all other methods of oxygenation fail
* [[ECMO]] – if all other methods of oxygenation fail
* If due to COVID-19: [[Dexamethasone]] and [[tocilizumab]]
* If due to COVID-19: [[Dexamethasone]] and [[tocilizumab]]
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[[Category:Intensive care]]