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(Fr: SDRA sur critères gazométriques PaO2/FIO2). May overlap with Ia. Mechanical ventilation commonly needed. ECMO required in some instances (PMID 29967877). ARDS definition and grading at PMID 22797452. ARDS (and formerly ALI) are defined on the basis of gas exchange abnormalities. Thus, ARDS is not a well-characterized disease entity and may arise in widely disparate clinical scenarios. Pathologically, ARDS may correspond to DAD, pulmonary edema, acute NSIP-like ILD w/wo granulomas, -eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP), AFOP, amiodarone pulmonary toxicity, DAH, fat or silicone embolism, AIP, radiation injury, pulmonary fibrosis exacerbated by drugs or surgery (see under specific patterns) and drug- or alcohol-induced aspiration pneumonitis (see under XIg). Appropriate tests and BAL help exclude an infection and separate these entities. Some patients respond to intravenous corticosteroid therapy. Review at PMID 1939859. See also under IL 'Diffuse Alveolar Damage', XIg, XVf and under 'Postoperative ARDS'
Publications
A Case Report of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome From Cannabis and Amphetamine Use.
Cureus 2023 Dec;15;e50003 — 2023 Dec — e50003
Death from accidental poisoning of methamphetamine by leaking into alimentary tract in drug traffic: a case report.
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 2009 Apr;11 Suppl 1;S491-3 — 2009 Apr — S491-3
Acute respiratory distress syndrome in a woman with heroin and methamphetamine misuse.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi 2001 Aug;100;553-6 — 2001 Aug — 553-6