title: Care of postoperative patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome.
abstract: Providing care to the postanesthesia patient requires precise and continual assessment in conjunction with prompt and aggressive intervention. This article discusses the cause, pathology, diagnosis, and management of adult respiratory distress syndrome in the PACU.
authors.affiliation: Newborn Intensive Care Unit, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque 87131-1061, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015984:Causality; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D016528:Postanesthesia Nursing; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology