Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Introduction, Causes, Symptoms, Epidemiology, Market, Treatment and market size
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome or ARDS, an acute diffuse, inflammatory lung damage and injury, which leads to raised pulmonary vascular permeability, increased lung weight, and loss of aerated lung tissue with hypoxemia and bilateral radiographic opacities, associated with increased venous admixture, increased physiological dead space and decreased lung compliance. ARDS Causes The leading cause of the disease is when the fluid is exuded from the blood vessels into the small air sacs where the blood is oxygenated. The most common underlying causes of ARDS are: · Sepsis. The most common cause is sepsis, which is a severe infection of the bloodstream. · Inhalation of harmful substances. If high concentrations of smoke or chemical fumes are inhaled in the, it can result in ARDS. · Severe pneumonia. Severe cases of pneumonia affect all five lobes of the lungs. · Head, chest or another signific
