Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Exam latest solution 2023
Acute Respiratory Distress SyndWhat is ARDS - A form of respiratory failure that follows a number of respiratory insults; underlying problem of alveolar-capillary membrane damage; non-cardiac pulmonary edema; Refractory hypoxemia is key feature; ARDS is when the lungs are unable to exchange oxygen and CO2 between the alveoli and capillaries therefore results in the body getting unoxygenated blood; the alveoli cannot transfer its oxygen to the capillaries and the capillaries cannot dump off the CO2 to the alveoli What is refractory hypoxemia - no matter what you do, hypoxia will NOT reverserome (ARDS) Exam latest solution 2023
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