TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome A1 - Epelbaum, Oleg A1 - Becker, Christian A2 - Go, Ronaldo Collo PY - 2019 T2 - Critical Care Examination and Board Review AB - Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a diffuse inflammatory reaction of the lung to an insult and is characterized by increased pulmonary capillary permeability, lung edema, and atelectasis. The histological hallmark of ARDS is diffuse alveolar damage and its pathognomonic hyaline membranes. The associated radiographic feature is bilateral alveolar infiltrates. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160186325 ER -