Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Question 1

ARDS

Answer 1

Resp failure characterised by rapid onset inflammation of the lungs.

Question 2

Does ARDS impair gas exchange of the lungs?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

What can ARDS cause?

Answer 3

• Diffuse Alveolar Damage Syndrome (DADS)

- Shock Lung.

Question 4

Pathological response

Answer 4

Injury => Infiltration of inflammatory cels, cytokines, oxygen free radicals & injury to cell membranes.

Question 5

Pathological outcomes

Answer 5

Resolution, fibrosis or death.

Question 6

Symptoms

Answer 6

Dyspnoea, tachypnoea, cyanosis.