RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Acute respiratory distress syndrome 
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 439
OP 443
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-439
VO 17
IS 5
A1 Christopher Mason
A1 Nessa Dooley
A1 Mark Griffiths
YR 2017
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/17/5/439.abstract
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.