ARDS: Mechanisms and Management

15 November 1987

journal article
case report
Published by Taylor & Francis in Hospital Practice

Vol. 22 (11) , 65-80
https://doi.org/10.1080/21548331.1987.11703362

Abstract

The adult respiratory distress syndrome appears to represent a confluence of varied, often unrelated pulmonary insults. Treatment is generally symptomatic almost regardless of etiology. However, recognition of the central role played by neutrophils and their activation products has led to a number of more specific therapeutic approaches for this relentless and highly lethal disease.

Keywords

TREATMENT
ADULT
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES
DISTRESS SYNDROME
HIGHLY LETHAL
ROLE PLAYED
CENTRAL ROLE
LETHAL DISEASE
GENERALLY SYMPTOMATIC

This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:

Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Patients with Severe Neutropenia
New England Journal of Medicine, 1986
Mediation of ARDS by Leukocytes
Chest, 1986
Adult respiratory distress syndrome—I. Aetiology and mechanisms
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) ,1984