Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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Start by understanding who treats it: ARDS, or acute respiratory distress syndrome, is a serious condition that requires management by specialists in critical care and intensive care, along with the pulmonologist and the anesthesiologist. It is a rapidly appearing respiratory failure in which the lungs cannot oxygenate the blood adequately.
What it involves: the spaces where oxygen exchange occurs become inflamed and fill with fluid, which seriously hampers breathing.
Context in which it appears: it usually presents as a complication of other serious illnesses or injuries and constitutes a medical emergency.
Because of its severity, ARDS requires immediate hospital care; in the event of sudden and severe difficulty breathing, the priority is to go without delay to an emergency service.
Data on 289 doctors who treat acute respiratory distress syndrome
Which specialist treats acute respiratory distress syndrome?
ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) is an emergency treated by a Critical Care Medicine specialist, with support from a Pulmonologist. Seek immediate care if you have severe difficulty breathing.
Treatment by city
Doctors specialized in acute respiratory distress syndrome
Dr. Rodrigo Armando Vigueras Santiago
Dr. Vicente de Jesus Flores Lopez
Dr. Jacqueline Montero Schwarz
Dr. Lorely Vianey Bres Ramírez
Dr. Maria Fernanda Frausto Mendoza
Dr. Karla Escobedo Vázquez
Dr. Norma Ilse Garcia González
Dr. Kim Danae Díaz Juárez
Dr. Carlos Andrés Aceves Barrios
Dr. Héctor Garza Blizzard
Dr. Gilberto Morales Salgado
Dr. Miguel Ángel Martínez Benaiges
Dr. Guillermo Fojaco Villanueva
Dr. Ivette Victorino
Dr. Andrea Avila Martinez
Dr. Jorge Alberto Carmona Meza
Dr. Oscar Yair Nava Garcia
Dr. Sandra Herrera Rodriguez
Dr. Valeria Gómez Galván
Dr. Andrea Piñeyro V.
Frequently asked questions
What is acute respiratory distress syndrome?
Start by understanding who treats it: ARDS, or acute respiratory distress syndrome, is a serious condition that requires management by specialists in critical care and intensive care, along with the pulmonologist and the anesthesiologist. It is a rapidly appearing respiratory failure in which the lu...
Which doctor treats acute respiratory distress syndrome?
ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) is an emergency treated by a Critical Care Medicine specialist, with support from a Pulmonologist. Seek immediate care if you have severe difficulty breathing.