Restrictive Lung Diseases & ARDS

Restrictive lung diseases reduce lung compliance and total lung capacity while preserving (or even increasing) expiratory flow rates. This note groups the high-yield restrictive interstitial diseases — idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis — alongside acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the prototype of acute diffuse alveolar damage, with a focus on pathology buzzwords and t…