Mechanical Ventilation in ARDS Due to Sepsis See all PulmCCM reviews of: Surviving Sepsis Guidelines Sepsis is one of the main causes of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), in which the lungs are injured by circulating inflammatory mediators, resulting in severely impaired gas exchange usually requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. ARDS also results in poor lung compliance in a hetereogeneous distribution, making less-affected lung areas more vulnerable to ventilator-induced lung injury. Sepsis-induced ARDS is a form of severe organ failure, and is a major contributor to the high mortality from severe sepsis and septic shock. Sepsis-induced ARDS most often results from pneumonia, but ARDS can develop as a sequela from sepsis of any infectious source.
Mechanical ventilation in ARDS due to sepsis
Mechanical ventilation in ARDS due to sepsis
Mechanical ventilation in ARDS due to sepsis
Mechanical Ventilation in ARDS Due to Sepsis See all PulmCCM reviews of: Surviving Sepsis Guidelines Sepsis is one of the main causes of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), in which the lungs are injured by circulating inflammatory mediators, resulting in severely impaired gas exchange usually requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. ARDS also results in poor lung compliance in a hetereogeneous distribution, making less-affected lung areas more vulnerable to ventilator-induced lung injury. Sepsis-induced ARDS is a form of severe organ failure, and is a major contributor to the high mortality from severe sepsis and septic shock. Sepsis-induced ARDS most often results from pneumonia, but ARDS can develop as a sequela from sepsis of any infectious source.