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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
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Caused by Mercury Inhalation: A Case Report.
Journal of pediatric intensive care 2015 Sep;4;168-170 — 2015 Sep — 168-170
Mercury toxicity: a family case report.
Turkish journal of haematology : official journal of Turkish Society of Haematology 2012 Mar;29;76-9 — 2012 Mar — 76-9
Mercury inhalation poisoning and acute lung injury.
The Korean journal of internal medicine 1998 Jul;13;127-30 — 1998 Jul — 127-30
Survival after acute mercury vapor poisoning.
American journal of diseases of children (1960) 1983 Aug;137;749-51 — 1983 Aug — 749-51
Acute mercury poisoning with severe chronic pulmonary manifestations.
Chest 1985 Aug;88;306-9 — 1985 Aug — 306-9
Acute mercury poisoning and mercurial pneumonitis from gold ore purification.
Chest 1988 Sep;94;554-6 — 1988 Sep — 554-6