Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome



•  Timing - within one week of known insult

• Imaging - bilateral opacities not explained by another process

• Origin of Edema - respiratory failure not explained entirely by volume overload or CHF

• Impaired Oxygenation PaO2/FiO2 (P/F) ratio < 300



Nick Mark MD @nickmmark



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