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Critical Care
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is acute diffuse inflammatory lung injury causing increased alveolar-capillary permeability, noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, loss of aerated lung, intrapulmonary shunt, reduc…
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Critical Care
Mechanical Ventilation in Adults
Mechanical ventilation supports oxygenation and/or ventilation while the underlying disease is treated. It does not cure respiratory failure. The safest strategy is to define the physiologic problem, use the least inj…
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Critical Care
Sepsis and Septic Shock
Sepsis is life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Operationally, Sepsis-3 identifies organ dysfunction as an acute increase in SOFA score ≥2 points attributable to infec…
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