Learning Objectives

In extrapulmonary ARDS, bilateral symmetrical dorsal and caudal densities, indicating lung collapse and alveolar oedema, are common when the patient is supine. Bilateral pleural effusions are also typical findings. In pulmonary ARDS the more dense lung regions tend to be asymmetrical and localised to the areas most affected by the primary process. ................
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