Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a complex, life-threatening form of respiratory failure. It is responsible for almost 75,000 annual deaths in the United States.1 Management remains lung-protective mechanical ventilation, an intervention that can begin in the ED. The Berlin Definition of ARDS has better predictive validity for mortality in comparison to previous definitions of ARDS.2 ALiEM Cards: ARDS, written by Dr. Michelle Lin, reviews the Berlin Definition and provides EPs with an on-shift resource to help manage critically-ill patients.
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Fan E, Brodie D, Slutsky A. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment.
JAMA. 2018;319(7):698-710.
[PubMed] 2.
ARDS D, Ranieri V, Rubenfeld G, et al. Acute respiratory distress syndrome: the Berlin Definition.
JAMA. 2012;307(23):2526-2533.
[PubMed] Author information
ALiEM Cards Lead Developer
2015-16 ALiEM-AgileMD Design Fellow
Attending Physician
St. Mark's Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT
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