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Acute respiratory distress

MedGen UID:
677109
Concept ID:
C0748355
Sign or Symptom
Synonym: Acute Respiratory Distress
SNOMED CT: Acute respiratory distress (373895009)

Definition

An abrupt onset of signs or symptoms indicating difficulty breathing including alterations in breath sounds and rate, chest retractions and color changes. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAcute respiratory distress

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Gorman EA, O'Kane CM, McAuley DF
Lancet 2022 Oct 1;400(10358):1157-1170. Epub 2022 Sep 4 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01439-8. PMID: 36070788
Banavasi H, Nguyen P, Osman H, Soubani AO
Am J Med Sci 2021 Jul;362(1):13-23. Epub 2020 Dec 26 doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2020.12.019. PMID: 34090669Free PMC Article
Saguil A, Fargo MV
Am Fam Physician 2020 Jun 15;101(12):730-738. PMID: 32538594

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Gragossian A, Siuba MT
Emerg Med Clin North Am 2022 Aug;40(3):459-472. Epub 2022 May 10 doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2022.05.002. PMID: 35953211Free PMC Article
Feduska ET, Thoma BN, Torjman MC, Goldhammer JE
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2021 May;35(5):1485-1494. Epub 2020 Nov 5 doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.10.060. PMID: 33262034
Kaku S, Nguyen CD, Htet NN, Tutera D, Barr J, Paintal HS, Kuschner WG
J Intensive Care Med 2020 Aug;35(8):723-737. Epub 2019 Jun 17 doi: 10.1177/0885066619855021. PMID: 31208266
Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference Group
Pediatr Crit Care Med 2015 Jun;16(5):428-39. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000350. PMID: 25647235Free PMC Article
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network, Brower RG, Matthay MA, Morris A, Schoenfeld D, Thompson BT, Wheeler A
N Engl J Med 2000 May 4;342(18):1301-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200005043421801. PMID: 10793162

Diagnosis

Gorman EA, O'Kane CM, McAuley DF
Lancet 2022 Oct 1;400(10358):1157-1170. Epub 2022 Sep 4 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01439-8. PMID: 36070788
Wick KD, Matthay MA, Ware LB
Lancet Respir Med 2022 Nov;10(11):1086-1098. Epub 2022 Aug 29 doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00058-3. PMID: 36049490Free PMC Article
Gragossian A, Siuba MT
Emerg Med Clin North Am 2022 Aug;40(3):459-472. Epub 2022 May 10 doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2022.05.002. PMID: 35953211Free PMC Article
Fan E, Brodie D, Slutsky AS
JAMA 2018 Feb 20;319(7):698-710. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.21907. PMID: 29466596
Sweeney RM, McAuley DF
Lancet 2016 Nov 12;388(10058):2416-2430. Epub 2016 Apr 28 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00578-X. PMID: 27133972Free PMC Article

Therapy

Zampieri FG, Bagshaw SM, Semler MW
JAMA 2023 Jun 13;329(22):1967-1980. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.7560. PMID: 37314271
Reilly JP, Calfee CS, Christie JD
Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2019 Feb;40(1):19-30. Epub 2019 May 6 doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1684049. PMID: 31060085Free PMC Article
Munshi L, Del Sorbo L, Adhikari NKJ, Hodgson CL, Wunsch H, Meade MO, Uleryk E, Mancebo J, Pesenti A, Ranieri VM, Fan E
Ann Am Thorac Soc 2017 Oct;14(Supplement_4):S280-S288. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201704-343OT. PMID: 29068269
Matthay MA, Ware LB, Zimmerman GA
J Clin Invest 2012 Aug;122(8):2731-40. Epub 2012 Aug 1 doi: 10.1172/JCI60331. PMID: 22850883Free PMC Article
Bernard GR, Artigas A, Brigham KL, Carlet J, Falke K, Hudson L, Lamy M, Legall JR, Morris A, Spragg R
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994 Mar;149(3 Pt 1):818-24. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.149.3.7509706. PMID: 7509706

Prognosis

Costa ELV, Slutsky AS, Brochard LJ, Brower R, Serpa-Neto A, Cavalcanti AB, Mercat A, Meade M, Morais CCA, Goligher E, Carvalho CRR, Amato MBP
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2021 Aug 1;204(3):303-311. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202009-3467OC. PMID: 33784486
Griffin BR, Liu KD, Teixeira JP
Am J Kidney Dis 2020 Mar;75(3):435-452. Epub 2020 Jan 22 doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.10.010. PMID: 31982214Free PMC Article
Munshi L, Walkey A, Goligher E, Pham T, Uleryk EM, Fan E
Lancet Respir Med 2019 Feb;7(2):163-172. Epub 2019 Jan 11 doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(18)30452-1. PMID: 30642776
Khemani RG, Smith L, Lopez-Fernandez YM, Kwok J, Morzov R, Klein MJ, Yehya N, Willson D, Kneyber MCJ, Lillie J, Fernandez A, Newth CJL, Jouvet P, Thomas NJ; Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress syndrome Incidence and Epidemiology (PARDIE) Investigators; Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network
Lancet Respir Med 2019 Feb;7(2):115-128. Epub 2018 Oct 22 doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(18)30344-8. PMID: 30361119Free PMC Article
Bellani G, Laffey JG, Pham T, Fan E, Brochard L, Esteban A, Gattinoni L, van Haren F, Larsson A, McAuley DF, Ranieri M, Rubenfeld G, Thompson BT, Wrigge H, Slutsky AS, Pesenti A; LUNG SAFE Investigators; ESICM Trials Group
JAMA 2016 Feb 23;315(8):788-800. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.0291. PMID: 26903337

Clinical prediction guides

Smit MR, Hagens LA, Heijnen NFL, Pisani L, Cherpanath TGV, Dongelmans DA, de Grooth HS, Pierrakos C, Tuinman PR, Zimatore C, Paulus F, Schnabel RM, Schultz MJ, Bergmans DCJJ, Bos LDJ; DARTS Consortium members
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2023 Jun 15;207(12):1591-1601. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202210-1882OC. PMID: 36790377Free PMC Article
Han X, Fan Y, Alwalid O, Li N, Jia X, Yuan M, Li Y, Cao Y, Gu J, Wu H, Shi H
Radiology 2021 Apr;299(1):E177-E186. Epub 2021 Jan 26 doi: 10.1148/radiol.2021203153. PMID: 33497317Free PMC Article
Shah J, Rana SS
Indian J Gastroenterol 2020 Apr;39(2):123-132. Epub 2020 Apr 13 doi: 10.1007/s12664-020-01016-z. PMID: 32285399
Terpstra ML, Aman J, van Nieuw Amerongen GP, Groeneveld AB
Crit Care Med 2014 Mar;42(3):691-700. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000435669.60811.24. PMID: 24158164
Monahan LJ
Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care 2013 Nov-Dec;43(10):278-84. doi: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2013.10.004. PMID: 24295609

Recent systematic reviews

Bhandari AP, Nnate DA, Vasanthan L, Konstantinidis M, Thompson J
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Jun 6;6(6):CD003645. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003645.pub4. PMID: 35661343Free PMC Article
Ervin JN, Rentes VC, Dibble ER, Sjoding MW, Iwashyna TJ, Hough CL, Ng Gong M, Sales AE
Chest 2020 Dec;158(6):2381-2393. Epub 2020 Jul 16 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.06.080. PMID: 32682771Free PMC Article
Munshi L, Walkey A, Goligher E, Pham T, Uleryk EM, Fan E
Lancet Respir Med 2019 Feb;7(2):163-172. Epub 2019 Jan 11 doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(18)30452-1. PMID: 30642776
Munshi L, Del Sorbo L, Adhikari NKJ, Hodgson CL, Wunsch H, Meade MO, Uleryk E, Mancebo J, Pesenti A, Ranieri VM, Fan E
Ann Am Thorac Soc 2017 Oct;14(Supplement_4):S280-S288. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201704-343OT. PMID: 29068269
Gebistorf F, Karam O, Wetterslev J, Afshari A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Jun 27;2016(6):CD002787. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002787.pub3. PMID: 27347773Free PMC Article

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