Acute respiratory distress syndrome

1. ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
SYNDROME.

3. DEFINITIONS OF ARDS.
• ARDS IS A FORM OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE
CHARACTERIZED BY ACUTE HYPOXEMIA AND
INCREASED ALVEOLAR– CAPILLARY
PERMEABILITY RESULTING FROM DIFFUSE
AND ONGOING PULMONARY
INFLAMMATION.

6. • ACUTE HYPOXEMIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE
WITH REFRACTORY HYPOXEMIA DUE TO
DIFFUSE NON-CARDIAC PULMONARY EDEMA
RESULTING FROM ACUTE DAMAGE TO THE
ALVEOLI CAUSED BY DIVERSE ETIOLOGIES.

7. INCIDENCE.
• 1,50,000 PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING WITH ARDS
PER YEAR IN US.50 % OF THEM DIE DUE TO
THIS CONDITION.
• 70-90% OF DEATH IS DUE TO GRAM NEGATIVE
BACTERIAL INFECTION.

8. CAUSES OF ARDS:
• DIRECT LUNG INJURY.
• INDIRECT LUNG INJURY

9. DIRECT LUNG INJURY.

10. INDIRECT LUNG INJURY.

11. PHASES OF ARDS:
THREE PHASES OF ARDS.
• EXUDATIVE/INJURY PHASE
• PROLIFERATE PHASE
• FIBROTIC PHASE.

12. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ARDS.

14. EXUDATIVE/INJURY PHASE

15. PROLIFERATE PHASE

16. FIBROTIC PHASE

17. CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS:

20. DIAGNOSTIC MEASURES:

22. FOUR MAIN CRITERIA FOR ARDS:

23. MANAGEMENT

25. COMPLICATIONS

26. TREATMENT

27. TREATMENT.

28. Collaborative care.

29. NURSING DIAGNOSIS

30. SUMMARY.

31. CONCLUSION.

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