background: poisoning with paraquat (pq) is highly fatal. in this study; demographic and clinical characteristics of  a series of patients with acute pq poisoning treated at two university hospitals in shiraz, iran are presented and predictive factors for mortality are analyzed. methods: this was an analytical cross-sectional study on consecutive pq poisoned patients admitted to shoushtari and ...

The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an important cause of acute respiratory failure that is often associated with multiple organ failure. Several clinical disorders can precipitate ARDS, including pneumonia, sepsis, aspiration of gastric contents, and major trauma. Physiologically, ARDS is characterized by increased permeability pulmonary edema, severe arterial hypoxemia, and impa...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common and devastating condition which can affect all adult patients eg, medical, surgical and obstetric patients. It occurs when non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema (secondary to acute damage to the alveoli) leads to acute respiratory failure. Although the terms ARDS and ALI are used interchangeably, the American-European Consensus Conference Commit...

2011;32;e95 Pediatrics in Review Catherine Kier, Rula Balluz, Vikash Modi and Latha Chandran Visual Diagnosis : Respiratory Distress: A Great Masquerader http://pedsinreview.aappublications.org/content/32/10/e95 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is http://pedsinreview.aappublications.org/content/suppl/2011/09/09/32...

conclusions pericardial effusion was a rare finding in this case of langerhans cell histiocytosis. pericardial effusion in langerhans cell histiocytosis, which is an unusual presentation, should be considered when the patient experiences respiratory distress. introduction langerhans cell histiocytosis (lch) is a proliferative disorder of histiocytes in multiple organs. langerhans cell histiocyt...

Savage, M. O., Wilkinson, A. R., Baum, J. D., Roberton, N. R. C. (1975). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 50, 709. Frusemide in respiratory distress syndrome. The effect of frusemide on urinary volume, urinary sodium excretion, and urinary calcium excretion in 7 premature infants with severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) has been studied. The results are compared with similar measurement...

The data available to guide clinical management of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome are much more limited for infants and children than for adult patients. This paper reviews the available medical data and the pertinent physiology on the management of pediatric patients with acute lung injury. With the collaboration of multicenter investigation networks, definitive ped...