Resolution of the adult respiratory distress syndrome following colectomy and liver transplantation.
A 32-year-old woman with liver failure from end-stage cirrhosis and ulcerative colitis developed septicemia and severe ARDS. Subtotal colectomy and a successful liver transplantation resulted in complete resolution of the ARDS.
Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada.
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003082:Colectomy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011859:Radiography; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications