Resumo
Definição
História e exame físico
Principais fatores diagnósticos
- low oxygen saturation
- acute respiratory failure
Outros fatores diagnósticos
- critically ill patient
- dyspnea
- increased respiratory rate
- pulmonary crepitations
- low lung compliance
- fever, cough, pleuritic chest pain
- frothy sputum
Fatores de risco
- sepsis
- aspiration
- pneumonia
- severe trauma
- blood transfusions
- lung transplantation
- pancreatitis
- history of alcohol misuse
- burns and smoke inhalation
- drowning
- e-cigarette and vaping product use
- Immunotherapy
- drug overdose
- cigarette smoking
Investigações diagnósticas
Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas
- chest x-ray
- arterial blood gases
- sputum culture
- blood culture
- urine culture
- amylase and lipase
Investigações a serem consideradas
- brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)
- echocardiogram
- pulmonary artery catheterization
- bronchoalveolar lavage or endotracheal aspirate
- CT scan of the thorax
- Lung ultrasound
- viral testing
- open lung biopsy
Algoritmo de tratamento
all patients
Colaboradores
Autores
Lorraine B. Ware, MD

Ralph and Lulu Owen Professor of Medicine
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Director
Vanderbilt Medical Scholars Program
Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville
TN
Declarações
LBW has received consulting fees from Arrowhead, Akebia, Santhera, and Global Blood Therapeutics, all unrelated to the topic of this article. LBW has received research funding (to her institution) from the US National Institutes of Health, Boerhinger Ingelheim, and Genetech Inc., unrelated to the topic of this article. LBW holds stock in Virtuoso Surgical, unrelated to the topic of this article.
Agradecimentos
Dr Lorraine Ware would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Richard Fremont, a previous contributor to this topic.
Declarações
RF declares that he has no competing interests.
Revisores
Michael A. Matthay, MD
Director of Medicine Critical Care Fellowship
Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
University of California San Francisco
CA
Declarações
MAM declares that he has no competing interests.
Timothy Evans, MBBS
Professor of Intensive Care Medicine
Royal Brompton Hospital
London
UK
Declarações
TE declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewer acknowledgements
BMJ Best Practice topics are updated on a rolling basis in line with developments in evidence and guidance. The peer reviewers listed here have reviewed the content at least once during the history of the topic.
Disclosures
Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.
Referências
Principais artigos
Matthay MA, Arabi Y, Arroliga AC, et al. A new global definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Jan 1;209(1):37-47.Texto completo Resumo
Bos LDJ, Ware LB. Acute respiratory distress syndrome: causes, pathophysiology, and phenotypes. Lancet. 2022 Oct 1;400(10358):1145-56.Texto completo Resumo
Janz DR, Ware LB. Approach to the patient with the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Clin Chest Med. 2014 Dec;35(4):685-96.Texto completo Resumo
Qadir N, Sahetya S, Munshi L, et al. An update on management of adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: an official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Jan 1;209(1):24-36.Texto completo Resumo
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