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cord-005572-zdzeqc19	Agarwal, Ritesh	Experience with ARDS caused by tuberculosis in a respiratory intensive care unit	2005-07-09		.txt	text/plain	2201	126	43	OBJECTIVE: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care units. Abstract Objective: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care units. Conclusions: Tuberculosis is an uncommon but definite cause of ARDS, and in patients with ARDS of obscure aetiology where the cliniAcute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common disorder in the intensive care unit (ICU) and is associated with high mortality and morbidity [1] . At admission to the RICU, diagnosis of ARDS was established on the basis of acute onset respiratory distress, bilateral infiltrates on chest radiograph, PaO/FiO 2 ratio <200, and no clinical or radiological evidence of left atrial hypertension [9] . Tuberculosis (TB) is an uncommon cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) associated with a very high mortality [3, 4, 5, 6, 7] . Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in miliary tuberculosis: a twelve-year experience	./cache/cord-005572-zdzeqc19.txt	./txt/cord-005572-zdzeqc19.txt