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    This document discusses acute respiratory syndrome (ARDS). ARDS is a condition where the lungs become severely damaged, causing difficulty breathing. It is usually caused by indirect lung injury from factors like sepsis, pneumonia, or trauma. In ARDS, fluid builds up in the tiny air sacs of the lungs, making them stiff. This makes it difficult for enough oxygen to pass from the lungs into the bloodstream. The document outlines treatments for ARDS which focus on supplemental oxygen, supportive therapies like sedation and paralysis, managing fluids, providing nutrition, treating the underlying cause, and using positive end expiratory pressure to help keep the alveoli open.

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    This document discusses acute respiratory syndrome (ARDS). ARDS is a condition where the lungs become severely damaged, causing difficulty breathing. It is usually caused by indirect lung injury from factors like sepsis, pneumonia, or trauma. In ARDS, fluid builds up in the tiny air sacs of the lungs, making them stiff. This makes it difficult for enough oxygen to pass from the lungs into the bloodstream. The document outlines treatments for ARDS which focus on supplemental oxygen, supportive therapies like sedation and paralysis, managing fluids, providing nutrition, treating the underlying cause, and using positive end expiratory pressure to help keep the alveoli open.

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    Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

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    This document discusses acute respiratory syndrome (ARDS). ARDS is a condition where the lungs become severely damaged, causing difficulty breathing. It is usually caused by indirect lung injury from factors like sepsis, pneumonia, or trauma. In ARDS, fluid builds up in the tiny air sacs of the lungs, making them stiff. This makes it difficult for enough oxygen to pass from the lungs into the bloodstream. The document outlines treatments for ARDS which focus on supplemental oxygen, supportive therapies like sedation and paralysis, managing fluids, providing nutrition, treating the underlying cause, and using positive end expiratory pressure to help keep the alveoli open.

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    PHMD 451: ACUTE RESPIRATORY

    SYNDROME
    ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME

    Acknowledgement/Source:

    https://www.slideshare.net/NorthTecNursing/ards-overview
    • Drugs cocaine, aspirin
    Destruction of type I *
    Type II pneumocytes
    WOB – work of breathing
    PEEP – Positive end
    expiratory pressure
    SUMMARY OF TREATMENT

    • Supplemental O2
    • Supportive therapy:
     Sedation (increase tolerance to mechanical ventillation,
    reduced oxyden consumption) – lorazepam
    • Paralysis if sedation inadequate – neuromuscular blockers
    • Opioid – pain relief (morphine/fentanyl
    • Fluid management – reduced left atrial and reducing pulnary edema.
    Keep CVP(central venous pressure) less <4 mm Hg while maintaing
    adequate organ perfusion. – Fluid restriction and diuretics
    • Nutrional support – pts usually in high catabolic state. Enteral feeding
    • Glucose control
    • DVT/GIT prophylaxis

    • TREAT UNDERLYING CAUSE:


    • Surfactant/anti-oxidants?? – no evidence of efficacy
    • NO, PGI2, PGE2 – no improvement in outcomes
    • Glucocorticoids - <2weeks uncertain; >2weeks harmful
    • Human mesenchymal stem cell – looks promising
    THANK YOU

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