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. 1975 May;181(5):693–697. doi: 10.1097/00000658-197505000-00025

The changing pattern of post-traumatic respiratory distress syndrome.

L Walker, B Eiseman
PMCID: PMC1345568  PMID: 1130883

Abstract

During a one year period, 78 patients at the Denver General Hospital required mechanical ventilation following injury. Thirteen patients were judged to have Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Of these, 9 had classic early onset RDS but, with intravenous fluid restriction following resuscitation, diuretics and careful mechanical ventilation, all recovered. Six patients, all of whom were septic, developed late onset RDS 5 or more days after injury; 5 died. Disparity between early and late onset of RDS is emphasized; the one with good, the other with dismal prognosis. The current need is to improve treatment of late onset RDS, which frequently is associated with bacterial infection.

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