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1
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ARDS

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Acute respiratory distress syndrome

2
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What is ARDS ?

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Progressive respiratory disorder that leads to acute respiratory failure.

3
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What does ARDS cause in the body?

What will this do to the lungs?

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Exchange of oxegen in the body of o2 for carbon dioxide co2 in the lungs that limits o2 intake and the co2 production in the body’s cells.

Fluid build up in the alveolar membranes interferes with co2 and o2 capillary exchange.

4
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Client may need what if the have ARDS?

A

Usually they have something else wrong with them, or what the have wrong leads to ARDS.

5
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Usally when will a client develope ARDS?

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Usually their first illness involves mechanical ventilation and they get ARDS.

6
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Why might ARDS intially be missed?

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The sighns you have ARDS are nonspecific ; could be something else.

7
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Dyspnea

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Difficulty or labored breathing.

8
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What sighns should you always assume someone has ARDS?

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Dyspnea and decreased arterial o2 saturation. The need for more oxegen.

9
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What are some symptoms of ARDS?

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Crackles only lungs
Tachypnea
Tachycardia

Develops to

Respiratory distress
Acute confusion
Cyanosis
Diaphoresis

10
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Tachypnea

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Rapid shallow breathing

11
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Tachycardia

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Rapid heart beat

12
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Cyanosis

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Blueness

13
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Diaphresus

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Sweating

14
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What are some direct causes of ARDS?

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Pneumonia 
Aspiration of stomach contents 
Near drowning 
Lung bruising from trama 
Smoke inhalation
15
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Indirect causes of ARDS

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Inflamed pancreas
Medication reaction/overdose
Sepsis
Blood transfusions

16
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What are some risk factors of ARDS

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Smoking 
Alcohol abuse 
Recent chemotherapy 
Oxegen use for previous lung conditions 
Recent high risk surgery 
Obesity 
Decreased protein in blood
17
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What are the complications of ARDS?

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Acid-base imbalance in ARDS

18
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What are the two kinds of acid-base imbalance is in arts

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Respiratory and metabolic

19
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What are signs and symptoms of ARDS?

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Hypoxemia that persists even when 100% O2 is given.

Decreased pulmonary compliance

Dyspnea

Bilateral pulmonary edema

Dance pulmonary infiltrates on radiography.