Title: Diseases That Resemble ARDS<br/>Author: Michael Winters<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/141/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p>
<strong><u>Is It Really ARDS?</u></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>
Recent literature suggests that the incidence of ARDS in intubated ED patients may be as high as 10%.</li>
<li>
The Berlin Definition of ARDS includes the acute onset of bliateral opacities (CXR or chest CT) that is not fully explained by pulmonary edema or fluid overload.</li>
<li>
Emergency physicians and Intensivists are well versed in lung-protective ventilator settings for patients with ARDS.</li>
<li>
However, several diseases can appear simliar to ARDS and may require different ventilator strategies and treatments.</li>
<li>
In the absence of clinical risk factors for ARDS (e.g., sepsis, trauma), consider the following in your differential:
<ul>
<li>
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis</li>
<li>
Interstitial pneumonitis</li>
<li>
Granulomatosis with polyangitis (Wegener's)</li>
<li>
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage</li>
<li>
Goodpasture's syndrome</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<fieldset><legend>References</legend>
<p>
Guerin C, et al. The ten diseases that look like ARDS. <em>Intensive Care Med</em> 2015; 41:1099-1102.</p>
</fieldset>