What Has Computed Tomography Taught Us about the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?
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The radiologic assessment of lung infiltrates by conventional anterior-posterior chest
radiographs has been embedded in the concept of acute respiratory distress syndrome …

Objective This review aims to show how computed tomography of the whole lung has
modified our view of acute respiratory distress syndrome, and why it impacts on the …

Chest radiography and computed tomography (CT) have a crucial role to play in the
diagnosis and management of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The …

In patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), there is non-specific but
widespread exudation of oedema and inflammatory fluid into the lungs. The clinical corollary …

The acute respiratory distress syndrome is a form of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema that
results from acute damage to the alveoli. Most patients with this syndrome will die if they do …

In patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), lung imaging is a
fundamental tool in the study of the morphological and mechanistic features of the lungs …

PURPOSE: To document abnormalities at computed tomography (CT) in adult survivors of
acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), to determine the relationships between CT …

Objectives: Describe the etiology of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Outline a patient
presentation consistent with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Identify the parameters …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) encompasses a relatively uniform constellation
of clinical, radiographic, and physiologic features in patients with rapidly evolving respiratory …