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ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
Corey Alexander Kull (2014)
University of Zagreb
School of Medicine
Chair of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care
Cite this item:
https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:567436
Metadata
Title
ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME : PATOPHYSIOLOGY AND NEW TREATMENT APPROACHES
Author
Corey Alexander Kull
Mentor(s)
Mladen Perić
(thesis advisor)
Abstract
The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a well-known pathology in critical care medicine. ARDS can result from many pulmonary and non-pulmonary pathological insults. It is characterised by intractable hypoxia, diffuse alveolar damage, accumulation of protein rich alveolar fluid, and it can lead to multiple organ failure. The lack of objective clinical diagnostic tests and disease specific treatments are the reasons that ARDS remains a clinical diagnosis with high mortality. This challenge is met with multi-centre task forces assembled specifically to address current practices. Many current treatments and diagnostic algorithms, namely the Berlin definition of ARDS, have come from such cooperation. Indispensible in the treatment of ARDS is low volume mechanical ventilation with avoidance of excessive airway pressures, which is know as lung protective ventilation. Its role as well as the role of current supportive treatments including: fluid management, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, sedation, neuromuscular blocking agents, and recruitment manoeuvres will be discussed.
Committee Members
Ante Sekulić
DINKO TONKOVIĆ
Mladen Perić
Granter
University of Zagreb
School of Medicine
Lower level organizational units
Chair of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care
Place
Zagreb
State
Croatia
Scientific field, discipline, subdiscipline
BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Clinical Medical Sciences
Anesthesiology and Reanimatology
Study programme type
university
Study level
integrated undergraduate and graduate
Study programme
Medicine (in English language)
Academic title abbreviation
dr. med.
Genre
master's thesis
Language
English
Defense date
2014-07-15
Parallel keywords (Croatian)
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
diagnosis
therapy
Resource type
text
Access condition
Open access
Terms of use
URN:NBN
https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:567436
Committer
Ivana Majer