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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) as a Consequence of Suicide Attempt and Intoxication With Psychoactive Drugs

Acute respiratory distress syndrome is acute lung injury, most often in conjunction with sepsis, trauma or severe pulmonary infection. Clinical signs are dyspnea, hypoxia, reduced respiratory area and diffuse bilateral abnormalities on chest x-ray. The treatment of this disorder most frequently requires endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation. Although in the past ten years mortality has been reduced from over 50% to 32- 45%, it is still very high. We describe a young female patient who further to suicide attempt with high doses of antipsychotic drugs developed ARDS after aspiration of gastric content and despite all treatment measures died due to cardiac complications of ARDS.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), Aspiration pneumonia, Mechanical ventilation

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