Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a medical emergency whereby acute damage to the alveoli (air sacs in the lungs) leads to acute pulmonary oedema (fluid on the lungs) and acute respiratory failure. ARDS commonly results from sepsis, pneumonia, and severe trauma. Contact an expert witness below for a medico-legal report.
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Dr Jeremy Lewis
Consultant in Acute and General MedicineExpert witness specialisms: Acute Internal Medicine / Acute Kidney Injury / Acute Management / Acute Medicine / Acute Respiratory Distress / Adult Resuscitation / Anaphylaxis / Blood Pressure / CPR / Deep Vein Thrombosis / Emergency/Acute Medicine / Management Of Acute Illness / Meningitis / Metabolic Disturbance / Overdose / Poisoning / Pulmonary Embolism (PE) / Pyelonephritis / Recognition Of Acute Illness / Seizure / Sepsis / Substance Misuse
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Dr M. Krishna Murthy
Consultant in Emergency MedicineExpert witness specialisms: Acute Respiratory Distress / Anaphylaxis / Aneurysm / Angina / Aortic Aneurysm/Dissection / Appendicitis / Blood Transfusion / Brain Haemorrhage / Burns / Central Line / Corneal Foreign Body / COVID-19 / CPR / Critical Illness / Critical Limb Ischaemia (CLI) / Crush Injury / Electrocardiography / Embolisation / Emergency/Acute Medicine / Epidural / Facial Trauma / Falls / Fractures / Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleed / Haemorrhage / Hand Trauma / Head Injury / Headaches / Intracranial Pressure / Ischaemia / Meningitis / Mental Health / Metabolic Disturbance / Muscular Pain / Myocardial Infarction / Neutropenic Sepsis / Non-Accidental Injury / Nosebleeds / Orthopaedic Trauma / Osteonecrosis & Osteomyelitis / Paediatrics / Perianal Abscess / Pneumothorax / Pulmonary Embolism (PE) / Retinal Detachment / Safeguarding / Sedation / Seizure / Sepsis / Spinal Cord Injury / Stroke / Tracheostomy / Trauma / Twisted Bowel / Ventilation
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Mr Kandadai Rammohan
Consultant Thoracic SurgeonExpert witness specialisms: Acute Respiratory Distress / Cardiothoracic Surgery / COVID-19 / CPR / Diaphragm Disorders / Emphysema / Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) / Fibrotic Lung Disease / Haemorrhage / Hypoglossal Nerve / Lobectomy / Lung Cancer / Mesothelioma / Pleurodesis / Pneumonectomy / Pneumothorax / Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan / Pulmonary Embolism (PE) / Respiration / Respiratory Tract Infection / Thoracic Surgery / Ventilation / Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) / Wedge Resection
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Dr Omendra Narayan
Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician & Honorary Senior LecturerExpert witness specialisms: Acute Respiratory Distress / Anaphylaxis / Aspergillosis / Asthma / Bronchiolitis / Bronchitis / Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) / COVID-19 / CPR / CT Perfusion Scan / Cystic Fibrosis / Dysarthria / Dysphonia / Emphysema / Fibrotic Lung Disease / Lung Cancer / Mesothelioma / Paediatrics / Pneumothorax / Pulmonary Embolism (PE) / Pulmonary Hypertension / Respiration / Respiratory Medicine / Respiratory Tract Infection / Sleep Apnoea / Spirometry / Throat Cancer / Tracheostomy
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Mr Vijay Joshi
Consultant in Thoracic SurgeryExpert witness specialisms: Acute Respiratory Distress / Chest Surgery / COVID-19 / CPR / Diaphragm Disorders / Emphysema / Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) / Fibrotic Lung Disease / Hypoglossal Nerve / Lobectomy / Lung Cancer / Mesothelioma / Pleural Effusion / Pleurodesis / Pneumonectomy / Pneumothorax / Pulmonary Embolism (PE) / Respiration / Respiratory Tract Infection / Thoracic Surgery / Ventilation / Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) / Wedge Resection
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Dr Stephen Bianchi
Consultant Physician in Respiratory and General Internal MedicineExpert witness specialisms: Acute Respiratory Distress / Aspergillosis / Asthma / Bronchiolitis / Bronchitis / Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) / COVID-19 / CPR / Cystic Fibrosis / Drug-Induced Lung Disease / Emphysema / Fibrotic Lung Disease / Interstitial Lung Disease / Lung Cancer / Mesothelioma / Pneumothorax / Pulmonary Embolism (PE) / Pulmonary Hypertension / Respiration / Respiratory Medicine / Respiratory Tract Infection / Sleep Apnoea / Sleep Medicine / Spirometry / Tracheostomy
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Dr Alan Ashworth
Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care MedicineExpert witness specialisms: Acute Kidney Injury / Acute Pain Management / Acute Respiratory Distress / Advanced Directive / Anaesthetics / Artificial Feeding / Blood Transfusion / Brain Damage / Cannulation / Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia / Catheterisation / Central Line / COVID-19 / CPR / Direct Current (DC) Cardioversion / Echocardiography / Electrocardiography / Epidural / Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) / Intensive Care / Lasting Power Of Attorney / Regional Anaesthesia / Respiration / Sedation / Sepsis / Tracheostomy / Ventilation
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