Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a severe condition that occurs when fluid fills up the air sacs in the lungs. Learn more about its causes and outlook.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome causes fluid to leak into your lungs, keeping oxygen from getting to your organs. Learn more about the causes, risk factors, symptoms, complications, diagnosis ...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a medical condition in which the lungs are not working properly and oxygen blood levels are too low. This can lead to serious, even life-threatening ...

Chest x-ray on admission. Diffuse bilateral pulmonary infiltrates with a predominance to the left upper lobe. Follow-up chest x-ray (CXR) and computed tomography (CT) scan.

Investigators studying lung cells have discovered that the normal repair process that occurs after lung disease or injury appears to be incomplete but still ongoing in patients who died of COVID ...

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Key takeaways: Survival rates following transplantation did not differ between those with COVID-19 related ARDS or pulmonary fibrosis. Both groups also had similar rates of freedom from graft failure.

John F. Murray was a key figure in defining and treating ARDS, a common killer among critically ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

Background: Over the last decade, several studies have suggested that survival rates for patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or ARDS may have improved. We performed a systematic analysis of the ...

Chest x-ray: Chest x-ray may show opaque areas in the lungs. Chest CT scan: Chest CT scan helps to diagnose the condition.

ARDS can be diagnosed using a chest X-ray. Image Credit: OZMedia / Shutterstock ARDS ARDS was initially called adult respiratory syndrome when it was first characterized in 1967. The first ...