title: Adult respiratory distress syndrome associated with adult epiglottitis.
abstract: Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an increased permeability pulmonary edema syndrome known to be associated with a variety of direct and indirect pulmonary insults. ARDS occurred in a 37-year-old woman during an episode of epiglottitis. The patient was treated with endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation and recovered, to be discharged from the hospital 1 week after presentation. There are only two cases of ARDS reported in this setting, and in each case, pulmonary edema followed cardiac arrest and the patients had a fatal outcome.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Seton Medical Center, Daly City, CA 94015.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Sternbach
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goldschmid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002444:Cefuroxime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004630:Emergencies; D004826:Epiglottitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D002981:Clindamycin; D002444:Cefuroxime