Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a serious condition in which the lungs become inflamed and fill with fluid, which makes it difficult for oxygen to pass into the blood. It is an emergency that is usually treated in the hospital.
How it presents: intense shortness of breath of rapid onset, rapid breathing, and a decrease in oxygen in the body.
Common causes: serious lung infections, sepsis, trauma, or the aspiration of contents into the airways.
Who treats it? Acute respiratory distress syndrome requires management by the specialist in critical care and intensive care, together with the pulmonologist and the anesthesiologist. In the face of severe and sudden respiratory difficulty, the right thing is to seek medical care immediately.
Data on 39 doctors who treat acute respiratory distress syndrome
Specialties that treat acute respiratory distress syndrome
Treatment by city
Doctors specialized in acute respiratory distress syndrome
Dr. Víctor Manuel Ramírez Carpio
Dr. Julio Sandoval Zárate
Dr. Rafael Ku Euan
Dra. Maria Gricelda Aragon De Los Rios
Dr. Huitzilopochtli Saucedo Andrade
Dr. Fernando Berthier López
Dra. Maria Silvia Lule Morales
Dr. Alejandro Rogelio Canseco Raymundo
Dr. Alvaro Pedroza Melendez
Dr. Jorge Luis Ramírez Figueroa
Dr. Alan Aldair Ibarra Fernández
Dra. Katia A. Rivera Calderón
Dr. Manuel Alejandro López Flores A La Torre
Dr. Ismael Maldonado Beltrán
Dr. Francisco Javier Sánchez Sánchez
Dr. Fernando Aguilera Almazan
Dr. Alcaraz Carlos Martinez
Dra. Michelle Acosta Moreno
Dr. José Javier Elizalde González
Dra. Norma Ernestina Cano Jamaica
Frequently asked questions
What is acute respiratory distress syndrome?
Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a serious condition in which the lungs become inflamed and fill with fluid, which makes it difficult for oxygen to pass into the blood. It is an emergency that is usually treated in the hospital.
Which doctor treats acute respiratory distress syndrome?
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome is usually treated by specialists in anesthesiologist, critical care and intensive care specialist, pulmonologist.