print email comment close ARDS Support Center URL: http://ards.org/ Description: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome is a "severe, acute lung dysfunction that is associated with a variety of diseases, such as pneumonia, shock, sepsis (a severe infection in the body) and trauma." Visitors to this site will find "education, care, support, and communication for patients, survivors, families, friends, medical personnel, and others affected by" this life-threatening illness. Publisher: ARDS Support Center, Inc. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Respiratory distress syndrome, Adult LII Database Information: Record 15986 created by Douglas Smith on 04/26/2001 Last modification on 05/02/2001 Published: 04/26/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/15986