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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) previously known as respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) adult respiratory distress syndrome or shock lung is a severe life-threatening medical condition characterized by widespread inflammation in the lungs. Although it can be triggered by a primary respiratory infection such as pneumonia it is more often a sequelae of sepsis or significant trauma.ARDS is a disease of the lung parenchyma that leads to impaired gas exchange.
