acute respiratory distress syndrome

acute respiratory distress syndrome
acute respiratory distress syndrome n ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME

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(ARDS) fulminant pulmonary interstitial and alveolar edema, which usually develops within a few days after an initiating trauma; it is thought to result from alveolar injury that has led to increased capillary permeability. Called also adult respiratory distress s. and shock lung.

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