A surgeon's view of adult respiratory distress syndrome.
Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is of interest to the cardiac surgeon because cardiopulmonary bypass has been considered to be both a cause and a treatment of ARDS. One simple resolution of this paradox is that neither belief can be supported on the available evidence. However, the position is not clear-cut.
St George's Hospital, London.
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D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D010106:Oxygenators; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*