Pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), also known as shock lung syndrome, is a type of acute respiratory distress and hypoxemia with pulmonary microcirculation disorders as the main cause during rescue or treatment. It is a non-specific response of the lung to severe injury in different situations, and is characterized by severe progressive respiratory failure, which cannot be corrected despite inhalation of high concentrations of oxygen. In recent years, although the prognosis has been improved due to the early diagnosis of the symptoms and the application of positive end-expiratory pressure respirators, the mortality rate is still high. In 1967, Ashbaugh et al proposed that the symptoms were similar to the neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, but in order to distinguish it from the latter, it was suggested to be named "adult respiratory distress syndrome". Essence also occurs in children, so European and American scholars have reached a consensus through collaborative discussions. Acute is used instead of adult. It is called acute respiratory distress syndrome, and its abbreviation is ARDS.

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