Volumetric Overload Shocks (VOS) in the Patho-Etiology of the Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (A

Author: Ahmed N Ghanem

The Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) was first reported in 1967. It was realized later that it is part of Multiple Vital Organ Dysfunction/Failure(MVOD/F)  syndrome  that  affects  hundreds  of thousands   cases   worldwide   every   year   and   is   associated   with substantial  morbidity,  cost  and  mortality .  In  the  first  report , Volumetric  Overload (VO)  of  12-14L  was  documented  in  every  case but  later  reports  did  not  incriminate  VO  in  its  patho-etiology. With VO unsuspected, the results of both Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) and systemic reviews were inconclusive.

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