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The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was originally described by Ashbaugh et al in 1967 as a syndrome of acute onset of tachypnea, hypoxemia, and loss of lung compliance. (1) In 2015, the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference (PALICC) introduced a definition of ARDS specific for pediatric patients (PARDS) that includes invasive and noninvasive mechanical ventilation and uses invasive and non-invasive markers of oxygenation to diagnose and classify the severity of PARDS. (2)
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research