Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Complications

The following are the major diseases or complications that may be contributed to by adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS):

Cardiovascular System (I00-I99)

• Acute right heart failure (RHV) due to afterload increase.

Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).

• Multi-organ failure (MODS, multi-organ dysfunction syndrome; MOF: multiple organ failure) – simultaneous or sequential failure or severe functional impairment of multiple vital organ systems of the body.