Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome in pregnancy
Acute respiratory failure can be the result of a variety of clinical conditions, such as congestive heart failure, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, exacerbation of obstructive lung diseases, and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This article focuses on developments related to acute lung injury and ARDS and reviews epidemiology, pathogenesis and therapeutic advances with an emphasis on the obstetric population. A brief discussion of tocolytic-induced pulmonary edema, preeclampsia, venous air embolism, and aspiration-related ARDS is included. Management of pregnant women with ARDS is outlined.
aSection of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
bDepartment of Obstetric Anesthesia, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
cCritical Care Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room M917, San Francisco, CA 94143–0624, USA
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