title: Postoperative acute respiratory distress syndrome development in the thoracic surgery patient.
abstract: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in the thoracic surgery patient is a dreaded complication that occurs in 4% to 5% of pneumonectomies. This peculiar syndrome is indistinct from other forms of ARDS yet is associated with an exceedingly higher mortality rate. Current management parallels ARDS treatment of other etiologies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77551-0528, USA. brhyde@utmb.edu
authors.forename: Brannon R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Hyde
authors.forename: Kenneth J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Woodside
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures