Clinical meaning
ARDS Advanced Management involves alterations in airway structure, gas exchange, or pulmonary vascular function. ARDS Advanced Management pathophysiology includes changes in ventilation-perfusion matching, airway resistance, and pulmonary compliance.
Diagnosis & workup
Diagnostics & workup: - Polysomnography for sleep-disordered breathing - Pulse oximetry and continuous SpO2 monitoring - Sputum culture, Gram stain, and AFB stain - 6-minute walk test for functional capacity assessment - Procalcitonin for bacterial vs viral pneumonia differentiation - Pulmonary function tests: FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC ratio, DLCO - Thoracentesis with Light criteria for pleural effusion classification
Risk factors: - Prior TB exposure or latent TB infection - Obesity with restrictive physiology and OSA - Immunocompromised state increasing pneumonia susceptibility - Connective tissue disease with ILD predisposition - Cystic fibrosis genotype (CFTR mutations) - Current or former tobacco use (pack-year calculation) - Prematurity with bronchopulmonary dysplasia history