Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome after Laparoscopic Appendectomy in a Young Adult

Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome after laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis in a young adult is an uncommon complication. We describe the case of a 25-year-old male who developed severe acute respiratory distress syndrome after an uneventful laparoscopic appendectomy for a perf...

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Autores principales: Ologun, Gabriel O, Ridley, Daniel, Chea, Nhean D, Golden, Daniel, Lihau-N'Kanza, Anne, McPhail, Philip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Pulmonology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5677349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152421
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1664
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author Ologun, Gabriel O
Ridley, Daniel
Chea, Nhean D
Golden, Daniel
Lihau-N'Kanza, Anne
McPhail, Philip
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Ridley, Daniel
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McPhail, Philip
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description Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome after laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis in a young adult is an uncommon complication. We describe the case of a 25-year-old male who developed severe acute respiratory distress syndrome after an uneventful laparoscopic appendectomy for a perforated appendix, requiring mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit.
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spelling pubmed-56773492017-11-17 Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome after Laparoscopic Appendectomy in a Young Adult Ologun, Gabriel O Ridley, Daniel Chea, Nhean D Golden, Daniel Lihau-N'Kanza, Anne McPhail, Philip Cureus Pulmonology Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome after laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis in a young adult is an uncommon complication. We describe the case of a 25-year-old male who developed severe acute respiratory distress syndrome after an uneventful laparoscopic appendectomy for a perforated appendix, requiring mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit. Cureus 2017-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5677349/ /pubmed/29152421 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1664 Text en Copyright © 2017, Ologun et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome after Laparoscopic Appendectomy in a Young Adult
title Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome after Laparoscopic Appendectomy in a Young Adult
title_full Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome after Laparoscopic Appendectomy in a Young Adult
title_fullStr Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome after Laparoscopic Appendectomy in a Young Adult
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title_short Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome after Laparoscopic Appendectomy in a Young Adult
title_sort severe acute respiratory distress syndrome after laparoscopic appendectomy in a young adult
topic Pulmonology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5677349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152421
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1664
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