Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome in sepsis and septic shock
AM Fein, MG Calalang-Colucci - Critical care clinics, 2000 - Elsevier
The relationship between sepsis and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has
been recognized since the 1920s. It has been more than 30 years since ARDS was
described by Ashbaugh and colleagues6 when 12 adult patients presented with sudden
respiratory failure at Colorado General Hospital and Denver General Hospital. The etiology
was multiple trauma in seven patients, viral pneumonia in four of the patients, and acute
pancreatitis in one patient. These patients all presented with acute onset of severe dyspnea …
been recognized since the 1920s. It has been more than 30 years since ARDS was
described by Ashbaugh and colleagues6 when 12 adult patients presented with sudden
respiratory failure at Colorado General Hospital and Denver General Hospital. The etiology
was multiple trauma in seven patients, viral pneumonia in four of the patients, and acute
pancreatitis in one patient. These patients all presented with acute onset of severe dyspnea …
