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Postgraduate medicine · Dec 1991
ReviewAdult respiratory distress syndrome. Strategies to provide support and enhance oxygen delivery.
- P Morris and G R Bernard.
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232.
- Postgrad Med. 1991 Dec 1;90(8):163-6, 169-70, 172.
AbstractRespiratory failure itself is rarely the cause of death in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The multiple-organ failure that often accompanies the syndrome or the underlying disease or trauma that leads to ARDS is more frequently the cause. Thus, care of these patients consists of providing life-sustaining support until they respond to therapy. The authors explain what happens in respiratory failure and how gas exchange can be enhanced in these critically ill patients.
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