Do people with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) survive?
Though there is no cure for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), it's not uniformly fatal. With treatment, an estimated 60% to 75% of those who have acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) will survive the disease. “We know how to support people through acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) very well,” says Lauren Ferrante, MD, MHS, a Yale Medicine pulmonary and critical care specialist.