Acute respiratory distress syndrome : a tale of the sinking lungs
Journal Title: Journal of the Indian Medical Association - Year 2019, Vol 117, Issue 7
Abstract
Acute Respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is the most devastating inflammatory lung condition associated with high mortality. ARDS is triggered by injury to the alveolo-capillary membrane from a variety of insults resulting in fluid accumulation and acute respiratory failure. To date only two modalities of treatment-mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) have been shown to reduce mortalities in patients of ARDS.
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D P Singh, Abhisek Tiwary, Manish Kumar
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