Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and COVID-19 : A Literature Review

© 2021 Hussain et al..

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an overwhelming inflammatory disorder of the lung due to direct and indirect insults to the lungs. ARDS is characterized by increased vascular permeability, protein-rich edema, diffuse alveolar infiltrate, and loss of aerated lung tissue, leading to decreased lung compliance, tachypnea, and severe hypoxemia. COVID-19 is generally associated with ARDS, and it has gained prime importance since it started. The mortality rate is alarmingly high in COVID-19-related ARDS patients regardless of advances in mechanical ventilation. Several pharmacological agents, including corticosteroids, nitric oxide, neuromuscular blocker, anti-TNF, statins, and exogenous surfactant, have been studied and some are under investigation, like ketoconazole, lisofylline, N-acetylcysteine, prostaglandins, prostacyclin, and fish oil. The purpose of this review is to appraise the understanding of the pathophysiology of ARDS, biomarkers, and clinical trials of pharmacological therapies of ARDS and COVID-19-related ARDS.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Journal of inflammation research - 14(2021) vom: 09., Seite 7225-7242

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hussain, Musaddique [VerfasserIn]
Khurram Syed, Shahzada [VerfasserIn]
Fatima, Mobeen [VerfasserIn]
Shaukat, Saira [VerfasserIn]
Saadullah, Malik [VerfasserIn]
Alqahtani, Ali M [VerfasserIn]
Alqahtani, Taha [VerfasserIn]
Bin Emran, Talha [VerfasserIn]
Alamri, Ali H [VerfasserIn]
Barkat, Muhammad Qasim [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Ximei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute lung injury
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
COVID-19
COVID-19-related ARDS
Journal Article
Review

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Date Revised 08.01.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.2147/JIR.S334043

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NLM335277535