Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Infancy |
Hoo Jae Hann, Young Mi Hong, Seung Joo Lee |
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ewha Womens University, Seoul, Korea |
영아에서 발생한 성인형 호흡곤란증후군 1례 |
한후재, 홍영미, 이승주 |
이화여자대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
|
|
Abstract |
Adult Respiratory distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a clinical entity characterized by respiratory distress and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates due to increased permeability after various kinds of insult to alveolar-capillary membrane.
We experienced a case of ARDS in a 3-1/2 month old girl after Pseudomonas pneumonia, cardiac arrest and generalized convulsion.
This is the report on her clincal and autopsy findings with brief review of related literatures. |
Key Words:
Adult respiratory Distress Syndrome |
|