Official Photos Â». Jensen Ross Ackles, better known as simply Jensen Ackles, was born on March 1, 1978, in Dallas, Texas, to Donna Joan (Shaffer) and actor Alan Ackles. He has English, German, and Scottish ancestry.
1 ARDS, or acute respiratory distress syndrome, is a lung condition that leads to low oxygen levels in the blood. 2  ARDS can be life threatening. 3  This is because your body's organs, such as the kidneys and brain, need oxygen-rich blood to work properly.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a medical condition occurring in critically ill patients characterized by widespread inflammation in the lungs. ARDS is not a particular disease; rather, it is a clinical phenotype which may be triggered by various pathologies such as trauma, pneumonia and sepsis. The hallmark of ARDS is diffuse injury to cells which form the barrier of the microscopic air sacs of the lungs, surfactant dysfunction, activation of the innate immune system response, and dysfun