The Changing Pattern of Post-traumatic Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- 1 May 1975
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Annals of Surgery
- Vol. 181 (5), 693-697
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000658-197505000-00025
Abstract
During a one year period, 78 patients at the Denver General Hospital required mechanical ventilation following injury. Thirteen patients were judged to have Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Of these, 9 had classic early onset RDS but, with intravenous fluid restriction following resuscitation, diuretics and careful mechanical ventilation, all recovered. Six patients, all of whom were septic, developed late onset RDS 5 or more days after injury; 5 died. Disparity between early and late onset of RDS is emphasized; the one with good, the other with dismal prognosis. The current need is to improve treatment of late onset RDS, which frequently is associated with bacterial infection.Keywords
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