• Semin. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Jan 2006

    Review

    Postoperative acute respiratory distress syndrome development in the thoracic surgery patient.

    • Brannon R Hyde and Kenneth J Woodside.
    • Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77551-0528, USA. brhyde@utmb.edu
    • Semin. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2006 Jan 1;18(1):28-34.

    AbstractAcute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in the thoracic surgery patient is a dreaded complication that occurs in 4% to 5% of pneumonectomies. This peculiar syndrome is indistinct from other forms of ARDS yet is associated with an exceedingly higher mortality rate. Current management parallels ARDS treatment of other etiologies.

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