[Adult respiratory distress syndrome--etiology and pathogenesis].
Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is not a specific lung disease. It represents an acute respiratory insufficiency syndrome in patients with non-injured lung as a result of severe multiple lung lesions of different etiology and pathogenesis. ARDS is provoked by a great number of etiologic factors of two main groups: 1) etiologic factors directly injuring the alveolo-capillary wall and 2) etiologic factors indirectly injuring the alveolo-capillary wall. ARDS develops in three phases: phase of exudation, phase of injury of the alveolocapillary wall and phase of proliferation (chronic phase).
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000098:blood supply / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology*