respiratory distress syndrome
1
6.5
- noun
- /ˌrɛspəˈrɑːtɔri dɪˈstrɛs ˈsɪndroʊm/
- Specialized
:
síndrome de dificultad respiratoria
- Data on clinical outcomes, namely the need for medical intensive care and/or mechanical ventilation, acquired respiratory distress syndrome, multiple system organ failure, death, and discharge status, were also obtained.
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
- sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome
Examples
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The doctor explained that respiratory distress syndrome can cause rapid breathing and a bluish color in the skin of newborns.
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Many premature infants are at risk for respiratory distress syndrome, which makes breathing difficult due to their underdeveloped lungs.
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ARDS: Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Academic text (2007) -
Most patients who died had complications of respiratory failure, multiple organ failure, or acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Academic text (2014) -
His sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome resolved, and his condition rapidly improved after treatment with ceftriaxone and doxycycline.
Academic text (2015) -
His hospital course was notable for acute respiratory failure caused by acute respiratory distress syndrome, metabolic encephalopathy, and uveitis of the right eye.
Academic text (2015) -
In the three index case-patients, the illness progressed to acute respiratory distress syndrome and death (1), and most persons with confirmed infections required hospital care (2, 5).
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In addition, severe complications such as spleen rupture, severe anemia, or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ADRS) may occur in patients with P. ovale malaria.
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Because HPS is a rare disease, hospitalized patients with unexplained acute respiratory distress syndrome might not have had HPS included in their differential diagnosis and therefore were not tested for hantavirus infection.
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Serial chest X-rays demonstrated bilateral diffuse, fluffy white infiltrates consistent with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) (Figure 2).
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
A serious lung problem in newborn babies, often premature, when their lungs cannot open properly and they have trouble breathing
A serious lung problem in babies born too early that makes breathing hard
How Serious
- Archaic
1
7.4
- Specialized
1
6.5
3
3.4
- Specialized
22
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
respiratory + distress + syndrome
The compound is directly compositional: 'respiratory' = breathing-related, 'distress' = severe difficulty or suffering, and 'syndrome' = a set/condition of symptoms, so a learner who knows the parts will infer it denotes a medical condition involving breathing difficulty. Technical specifics about neonatal causes are not predictable from the words, but the overall meaning is transparently derived from the constituents and is cross-linguistically familiar.
Etymology
Respiratory distress syndrome: The medical name respiratory distress syndrome tells the story: respiratory means 'breathing', distress means 'big trouble', and syndrome means 'a group of signs'. In newborns, the tiny lungs cannot open properly because they lack a slippery substance, so the baby breathes fast and shallow and may look blue. That's why the name means 'a serious breathing problem in newborn babies'.