PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Christopher Mason
AU  - Nessa Dooley
AU  - Mark Griffiths
TI  - Acute respiratory distress syndrome
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.16-6-s66
DP  - 2016 Dec 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - s66--s70
VI  - 16
IP  - Suppl 6
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/16/Suppl_6/s66.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/16/Suppl_6/s66.full
SO  - Clin Med2016 Dec 01; 16
AB  - Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a common cause of acute respiratory failure that is underdiagnosed both inside and outside of intensive care units. Progression to the most severe forms of the syndrome confers a mortality rate greater than 40% and is associated with often severe functional disability and psychological sequelae in survivors. While there are no disease-modifying pharmacotherapies for the syndrome, this progression may be prevented through the institution of quality improvement measures that minimise iatrogenic injury associated with acute severe illness.