Out of 156,687 adults hospitalized with ARDS, 16.8% had a diagnosis of PH. All were mechanically ventilated.

As an alternative to arterial blood gas measurements, use arterial oxygen tension (SpO 2 /FIO 2), as measured with pulse oximetry, for ARDS diagnosis and assessment of severity if SpO 2 is less ...

Study: Readmission rates After Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in children. Image Credit: Chaikom / Shutterstock.com Introduction Over 100,000 children in the United States suffer from an ...

Key takeaways: Agreement on a pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome diagnosis was common using 2015 criteria. Most disagreements occurred because of differing chest radiograph interpretations.