Korean J Anesthesiol.
1981 Jun;14(2):225-229.
A Case Report of Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome after Cardiac Arrest
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Jeonbug National University, Jeonju, Korea.
Abstract
- Adult respiratory distress syndroms(ARDS) is a clinical syndrome of variable etiology and non specific complex pathophysiology with high mortality. But management would be successful leaving less than 1% of permanent impairment by intensive care including serial blood gas analysis. We experienced a case of ARDS developed after twice of cardiac arrest of which the outcome was favorable despite the conservative management with lack of various modernized equipments.