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DOID:11394 - adult respiratory distress syndrome


Disease Ontology Definition:A respiratory failure that results from diffuse injury to the endothelium of the lung (as in sepsis, chest trauma, massive blood transfusion, aspiration of the gastric contents, or pneumonia) and is characterized by pulmonary edema with an abnormally high amount of protein in the edematous fluid and by difficult rapid breathing and hypoxemia.

Synonyms: adult RDS, ARDS, Non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema, Shock lung, acute respiratory distress syndrome

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Other Model Organisms: Alliance, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

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Parent(s): respiratory failure (is_a)