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CARRILLO ESPER, Raúl et al. Acute respiratory distress syndrome. 50 years later. Med. crít. (Col. Mex. Med. Crít.) [online]. 2017, vol.31, n.4, pp.246-254. ISSN 2448-8909.

The clinical condition known as acute respiratory distress syndrome, is an entity that has been known since before the Second World War, however it was not until 1967 that the group of Ashbaugh, described a series of 12 patients with clinical and histological special features that called acute respiratory distress syndrome. Not only first he described this clinical entity, if not also the group of Ashbaugh is mention of the possibility of steroid use and mechanical ventilation, as probable gol of treatment. Diagnostic criteria, drug treatment and techniques mechanical support ventilatory have changed, despite which, this clinical entity remains a therapeutic challenge because they can have a high rate of mortality, almost 40%. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the most significant contributions related to this entity, within 50 years of its description.

Palavras-chave : Acute respiratory distress syndrome; ARDS.

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