成人呼吸窘迫综合征(简称ARDS)在第一次世界大战时巳被人们发现,直至1967年才由Ashbaugh 命名为ARDS。Petty 报导美国每年发生ARDS150,000例,国内从1973年才开始有正式报告,但迄今不到300例;很大可能是大家对此综合征还不太熟悉。尽管目前对ARDS 的治疗方法有很大提高,但是病死率仍高达40%以上.ARDS 系临床各科,包括内科、外科、儿科和妇产科等多种原发疾病,如休克、创伤、烧伤、体外循环后、颅部术后、严重感 Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was discovered during the First World War and was not named ARDS by Ashbaugh until 1967. Petty reports that there are 150,000 ARDS cases a year in the United States. Since China started formal reporting in 1973, but it has fewer than 300 cases so far. It is highly likely that everyone is not yet familiar with this syndrome. Although the current treatment of ARDS has greatly improved, but the mortality rate is still as high as 40% .ARDS clinical departments, including internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics and obstetrics and other primary diseases such as shock, trauma, burns , After cardiopulmonary bypass, cranial surgery, a sense of seriousness