Abstract
Post-traumatic Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) continues to be a major critical care challenge with a high associated mortality and extensive morbidity for those who survive. This paper explores the evolution in recognition and management of this condition and makes some recommendations for treatment of post-combat ARDS for military practitioners. It is aimed at the generalist in disciplines other than critical care, but will also be of interest to intensivists.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 14-21 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps |
Volume | 161 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Acute Lung Injury/complications
- Bronchodilator Agents/therapeutic use
- Coagulants/therapeutic use
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
- Factor VIIa/therapeutic use
- Fluid Therapy
- Humans
- Military Medicine
- Neuromuscular Blocking Agents/therapeutic use
- Nitric Oxide/therapeutic use
- Prone Position
- Pulmonary Surfactants/therapeutic use
- Respiration, Artificial/methods
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome/diagnosis
- Transfusion Reaction
- Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury/prevention & control
- Warfare