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Acute respiratory distress syndrome [PDF]

open access: yesNature Reviews Disease Primers, 2019
The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common cause of respiratory failure in critically ill patients and is defined by the acute onset of noncardiogenic pulmonary oedema, hypoxaemia and the need for mechanical ventilation. ARDS occurs most often in the setting of pneumonia, sepsis, aspiration of gastric contents or severe trauma and is ...
Michael A Matthay   +2 more
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

New England Journal of Medicine, 1995
Objective: To review the pathophysiology, epidemiology, and therapy of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Data Sources: Articles pertaining to the pathophysiology, epidemiology, and supportive therapy of ARDS were chosen from a computerized literature search.
M, Haller, G, Schelling, J, Briegel
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ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME

Critical Care Clinics, 1997
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) occurs in a wide range of adult and pediatric critical care settings. This article provides an overview of ARDS including the controversies in definition, a summary of pathophysiology, diagnosis, clinical presentation, and management options. The article also attempts to emphasize new management options in the
R C, Sachdeva, K K, Guntupalli
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Southern Medical Journal, 1999
Outcome in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is influenced by a number of factors, including the nature of the precipitating condition and the extent to which multiorgan failure ensues. Most studies of potential therapeutic interventions have been unsuccessful due to the enrollment of limited numbers of patients with a wide variety of ...
D L, Wyncoll, T W, Evans
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice, 2004
Several combination therapies have been described throughout this article: in all likelihood, it is combination therapy that will allow improved survival of ARDS patients. As medicine moves into the future, clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of therapies for ARDS will be performed.
Pamela A, Wilkins, Thomas, Seahorn
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The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

New England Journal of Medicine, 2000
The acute respiratory distress syndrome is a common, devastating clinical syndrome of acute lung injury that affects both medical and surgical patients. Since the last review of this syndrome appeared in the Journal, 1 more uniform definitions have been devised and important advances have occurred in the understanding of the epidemiology, natural ...
L B, Ware, M A, Matthay
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Reclassifying Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2018
Abstract Rationale The ratio of PaO2 to FiO2 (P/F) defines acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) severity and suggests appropriate therapies. Objectives We investigated 1) whether a 150-mm-Hg P/F threshold within
Giorgia Maiolo   +2 more
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The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2004
This review describes the clinical, etiologic, and physiologic basis of the acute respiratory distress syndrome and summarizes how its molecular pathogenesis leads to respiratory failure.
Claude A, Piantadosi, David A, Schwartz
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome

BMJ
Abstract The understanding of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has evolved greatly since it was first described in a 1967 case series, with several subsequent updates to the definition of the syndrome. Basic science advances and clinical trials have provided insight into the mechanisms of lung injury in ARDS and led to ...
Katherine D, Wick   +2 more
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