title: Acute respiratory distress syndrome. Cellular biology and pathology.
abstract: The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a nonspecific host response to a variety of injurious agents that often are divided into those related to airways and those resulting from a vascular insult. The known predisposing factors usually result in the recognized clinical syndrome within 72 hours of exposure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, USA.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Parsley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*