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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Amanda Kleinfelder
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Amanda Kleinfelder
Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening condition caused by damage in the lungs leading to persistent hypoxemia. The alveoli in the lungs become filled with fluid from damage to the pulmonary capillaries due to inflammatory mediators. The buildup of fluid in the lungs ultimately result in intubation of the patient and mechanical ventilation (Senapathi et al., 2020). ARDS has become more prevalent today with the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic affecting 200 countries resulting is 1.1 million deaths so far (Weiss et al., 2021). Multiple therapies exist for the management of ARDS including prone positioning, deep sedation, and mechanical ventilation …
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Eric Boyer
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Eric Boyer
Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an inflammatory response that is accompanied by poor diffusion of oxygen across the alveolar-capillary membrane. Unfortunately, ARDS has a high mortality rate close to 43% when suffering from serve ARDS. ARDS cases in the United States range from 64.2 to 78.9 cases per 100,000 people. Early symptoms of ARDS are subtle and are common in many diseases processes. Such symptoms are tachycardia, tachypnea, and dyspnea. Late symptoms are right-sided heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, hypercarbia, and cyanosis. Common triggers of ARDS are sepsis, pulmonary insults such as pneumonia, pancreatitis, trauma, drug overdoses, and blood transfusions. …
Pathophysiology Of Ards, Brittney Nessle
Pathophysiology Of Ards, Brittney Nessle
Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a progressive life-threatening disease process, having an occurrence of up to 200,000 cases annually in the United States (Schreiber, 2018). The definition of ARDS has changed throughout the years. In 2011, the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine officially proposed the now adopted Berlin ARDS definition. The components within the definition include timing, chest radiography, the origin of edema, and severity of hypoxemia (Modrykamien & Gupta, 2015). There are over 50 different conditions that result in injury to the alveolar-capillary membrane that can lead to ARDS and produce several severe complications, including death. The …
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Allison Bruce
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Allison Bruce
Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) burdens intensive care units (ICU) and their patients across the world. This presentation discusses the presentation, pathophysiology, current treatment and nursing implications for ARDS. This pathophysiological process requires exceptional interprofessional teamwork by the healthcare team. It is important for nurses to have an in-depth comprehension of this disease and its manifestations so that it can be detected and treated as quickly as possible. Further research and education are needed to improve the mortality rates of patients with ARDS.
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Brian Flowers
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Brian Flowers
Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
In healthcare, there are many interesting and intriguing conditions that are vital to understand from both a clinical and a pathophysiological standpoint. Comprehending and knowing how to treat these conditions effectively, ultimately leads to the best care and patient outcomes. As a current critical care nurse and future advanced practice nurse, it was important to select a research topic of interest to explore that would benefit a high risk group of patients. Based on this precedent, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was chosen. As a critical care nurse, exposure to respiratory conditions and mechanical ventilation management is something nurses are …