Articles: respiratory-distress-syndrome.
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Critical care medicine · Apr 1991
Persistence of supply dependency of oxygen uptake at high levels of delivery in adult respiratory distress syndrome.
To identify any plateau in oxygen consumption (VO2) when oxygen delivery (DO2) is increased in patients with the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). ⋯ In no patient was there evidence of a plateau, despite high levels of DO2 being achieved in all patients.
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Two patients with sporadic Legionella pneumonia complicated by adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are described. Details about the clinical course and follow-up of their chest films are provided. The outcome in both patients was favourable. Literature concerning Legionella pneumonia complicated by ARDS is reviewed.
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Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) specimens taken from nine patients with lung contusion following multiple trauma were compared with specimens from different control groups. Early interstitial and intra-alveolar reactions are PMN degranulation, mediator release and high protein leakage. The alveolar reactions are similar in extent to the reaction found in post-traumatic ARDS.