ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
(Nursing Pathophysiology and Treatment)
QUICK FACTS
Fast Onset
Usually the patient is already hospitalized for another condition
Develops due to some systemic Inflammation (Direct VS Indirect)
High mortality rate
, ARDS Leads to
Decrease gas exchange
Collapse of sac
Hypoxemia (low O2 in Blood)
Organs will begin to suffer
Patients will need respiratory assistance of some kind.
Mechanical Ventilation with PEEP (positive expiratory end pressure)
What Causes membrane to leak? (Any event that leads to major systemic inflammation)
Indirectly (Source not from the lungs)
Sepsis (Poor Prognosis with gram negative bacteria) (most common Cause of ARDS)
Blood transfusions (multiple)
Inflammation of the pancreas (Pancreatitis)
Drug Overdose
Direct (Source is in the lungs)
Pneumonia
Aspiration
Inhalation Injury
Drowning-near
Embolism
(Nursing Pathophysiology and Treatment)
QUICK FACTS
Fast Onset
Usually the patient is already hospitalized for another condition
Develops due to some systemic Inflammation (Direct VS Indirect)
High mortality rate
, ARDS Leads to
Decrease gas exchange
Collapse of sac
Hypoxemia (low O2 in Blood)
Organs will begin to suffer
Patients will need respiratory assistance of some kind.
Mechanical Ventilation with PEEP (positive expiratory end pressure)
What Causes membrane to leak? (Any event that leads to major systemic inflammation)
Indirectly (Source not from the lungs)
Sepsis (Poor Prognosis with gram negative bacteria) (most common Cause of ARDS)
Blood transfusions (multiple)
Inflammation of the pancreas (Pancreatitis)
Drug Overdose
Direct (Source is in the lungs)
Pneumonia
Aspiration
Inhalation Injury
Drowning-near
Embolism
